[Info-vax] Should VSI create a modern day VMS applications book ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/19/2018 8:23 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 08/19/2018 02:22 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 8/19/2018 12:16 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>                                      Now, if it's the social media 
>>> junk, I think calling it "data" is sort of a stretch ...
>>
>> In many ways social media big data is some of the most sensitive
>> data (and at least by some measures therefore the most important data).
>>
>> If we look at average Joe and what big data exists on him:
>>
>> NSA has crunched all his phone connections and emails - and
>> just concluded that he has never been in contact with any
>> foreign spies or terrorists.
>>
>> His favorite supermarket chain has crunched all his
>> shopping data for a decade or two - and know exactly what
>> he likes to eat and what laundry detergent he prefers.
>>
>> Facebook has crunched all his FB page views, his FB likes, his
>> location when visiting facebook and all the pages using FB
>> that he has visited - and knows his friends, his hobbies,
>> his political opinions, his religious beliefs, his sexual preferences,
>> where he has physical been every day or hour the last decade - they
>> know everything.
>>
>> http://wumo.com/img/wumo/2018/07/wumo5b438d7861e152.54362870.jpg
> 
> See my previous comment.  Like it or not it is still
> garbage in - garbage out.  Even Nostradamus couldn't
> accurately draw any of those conclusions from my FB
> traffic.

I have no idea about what can be predicted from your FB
traffic specifically.

But in general they can predict things with a rather
high accuracy.

It has been tested scientifically many times.

Denying it is similar to claiming that the earth is flat.

Arne