Matthew Toseland ?????:
> On Monday 12 October 2009 09:54:05 VolodyA! V Anarhist wrote:
>> http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/gaydar-algorithm-outs-facebook-users
>>
>> A pair of MIT students claim that they have created an algorithm that outs
>> gay
>> members of Facebook by analyzing the sexual orientations of their networks
>> of
>> friends.
>>
>> The students first analyzed the networks of people who publicized their
>> sexual
>> orientation on Facebook. Turns out that statistically speaking, gay men have
>> more gay friends than straight guys do. So then, they used an algorithm to
>> run
>> the stats on men who kept mum about their sexual orientation on the site.
>> Their
>> computer program was able to correctly identify 10 men whom the students
>> personally knew to be gay in the real world but who hadn't shared that fact
>> on
>> Facebook. (The algorithm didn't work as well with women or with bisexual
>> Facebookers.)
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> It'd be interesting if it's possible to make similar observations without
>> seeing
>> the whole map of the network, but only of the particular person. Regardless,
>> this is yet another reason to dislike WoT.
>
> Only if WoT gives an option to publicly specify your sexual orientation! ;)
True, thus WoT should never be used for anything which allows you to say
anything about yourself that can be associated with WoT identity.
> And are you ranting against darknet here or only against chat/etc WoT apps?
No, i was not ranting against darknet or only against chat/etc WoT apps.
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