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Big Data: of You, You and Me

Big Data: of You, You and Me

By Vinnie Mirchandani on May 2, 2012

I read a fascinating article in New Scientist (sub required) which cites several academic projects to profile us based on social network data. These include: a) Work by Lars Backstrom, a researcher at Facebook, showed he could locate 2/3rd of the site user’s to within 25 miles by identifying where their friends live b) Adam […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged big brother, Big Data, Facebook, Global Positioning System, New Scientist, Privacy, Social network

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