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Facebook reveals secrets you haven’t shared - FT.com

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The algorithms were 88 per cent accurate in predicting male sexual orientation, 95 per cent for race and 80 per cent for religion and political leanings. Personality types and emotional stability were also predicted with accuracy ranging from 62-75 per cent.
Facebook declined to comment.
The study highlights growing concerns about social networks and how data trails can be mined for sensitive information, even when people attempt to keep information about themselves private. Less than 5 per cent of users predicted to be gay, for example, were connected with explicitly gay groups.
Michal Kosinksi, one of the report’s authors, told the Financial Times that the university’s techniques could easily be replicated by companies to infer personal attributes a person did not wish to share, such as sexual orientation or political views: “We used very simple and generic methods. Marketing companies and internet companies could spend much more time and resources, and hence get much higher accuracy than we did.”

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I hate Facebook, but I do have an account (that I check about once a month or less), just in case something interesting or worthwhile turns up whenever... yeah right, but hey, you never know.

If someone wants my attention, they have my email address or phone number to get it with. Both are available on Facebook, just in case they don't already have it (only "friends" can see them, of course).

My settings are pretty damn tight in general, but not extremely, because I don't post anything so I don't care overly much.

If more people join Google+, I'll consider using that instead. Much more appealing, though I don't trust Google any more than whatever his name is (and co.)