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Comment Re:Even if were a Tile Pro (Score 2) 236

If you tell police your car was stolen AND tell them where it's at right now, rarely will they do anything about it. American police are generally lazy and useless and will do anything they can to avoid their duties.

In America, the Police are locally operated and they mostly protect property. Stolen cars are one of the things they take more seriously, unless you're in an overworked city during the Kia Challenge.

Comment Re:No Tesla? (Score 2) 247

"Tesla officially included for the first time: Tesla is included in the industry VDS calculation this year for the first time, with a score of 242 PP100. However, because Tesla does not allow J.D. Power access to owner information in the states where that permission is required by law, Tesla vehicles remain ineligible for awards."

Comment Re:Kangroo Justice system (Score 1) 35

This response makes it seem as though you are not completely familiar with the way data was collected, shared, and processed.

One group says "Hello, I am a political campaign and I have some questions for you that we will use in a political manner." As long as they uphold what they said they would do, this is fairly straightforward. This is apparently what the Obama campaign ended up doing.

While another group says "Hello, I am one of the most trusted names on Earth in academia and this is a fun time quiz." As long as they uphold what they said they would do, this is also fairly straightforward. Except that what they said was not true at all and the information collected was used in a completely different manner than described. This is apparently what Cambridge Analytica did when it worked with the Trump campaign.

These are the same to you?

Comment Re:Kangroo Justice system (Score 5, Informative) 35

That argument, that Obama in 2008 did the same thing Trump did in 2016, is from Steve Bannon, former Trump campaign manager who might be more than a little biased.

The Obama campaign collected their data from their official app and did so within Facebook's Terms of Service. People who interacted with the Obama campaign knew they were interacting with the Obama campaign.

Cambridge Analytica is believed to have violated these terms and the Trump campaign is believed to have shared their data with other parties. Their Facebook survey claimed to be from Cambridge University- it wasn't. Users were never informed that their data would be sold all over and used to model their thought processes.

So no, it was not the "EXACT" same thing...

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