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Yes it is. And so is Twister. But the millions who use Twitter to quietly follow people/things could potentially be profiled [1] and labeled ''terrorist™'' by a
by thisiswrong 13y ago
Yes it is. And so is Twister. But the millions who use Twitter to quietly follow people/things could potentially be profiled [1] and labeled ''terrorist™'' by association.
> Twister is designed to prevent other users from knowing (...) who you follow.
Essentially, Twister prevents the NSA from profiling you as an 'undesirable' based on who you follow.
[1] http://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/pubs/Golbeck%20et%20al.%20-%202011%20-%20Predicting%20Personality%20from%20Twitter.pdf http://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/pubs/Golbeck%20et%20al.%20-%2...