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1. Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️ (blort@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2019 19:49:06 UTC Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

   Just watched #TheGreatHack on #Netflix. What I appreciated about this #documentary on #Facebook and the whole #CambridgeAnalytica scandal, is that it's one of the few #privacy #documentaries to get that protecting personal data isn't just about not seeing personalized ads for stuff you're more likely to want. It's about protecting ourselves from mass psychological manipulation and behavior modification techniques. These are techniques that actually work *best* when people believe they don't.

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   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2019 23:34:52 UTC switching.social

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     @Blort

     "These are techniques that actually work *best* when people believe they don't."

     ...and as Goebbels noted, propaganda is most effective when people don't know it is even being political 😟

     If we want to stop the manipulation, we first of all have to admit we are all vulnerable to being manipulated. Not everyone is willing to admit to this though 😞

     Then, once people have been conned, they are even LESS likely to admit to being manipulated :blobfacepalm:

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