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   Jason Kint (jasonkint@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:43 JST Jason Kint

   For those watching the TikTok hearing - a thread of something most of the public missed two months ago as it was unsealed in a federal court late on a Friday night. Facebook tried to keep it secret for years - a Sep 2018 "Status and Re-scoped Approach" from the unprecedented audit Mark Zuckerberg promised Congress during its Cambridge Analytica scandal. /1

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:37 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     • Shashank Joshi

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     Serious question: due to the long delay and the apparent lack of remedy:

     Should #Meta not be considered a #ForeignAgent due to the #FacebookLeaks, and not only a potential one, like #TikTok?

     Slide from #FB's #ProjectAnalyticaSummit:

     Goals & Approach - Revised
     Risk-based prioritization of other pre-2014-platform-changes apps for #ADI review (cont.)

     High-Risk Countries
     Goal:
     Review #apps of #developers located in certain "high-risk".."

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     Jason Kint (jasonkint@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:38 JST Jason Kint

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     Let's get to where things started to get even more interesting related to TikTok hearing. High-risk countries for all of that accessible personal data across the Facebook platform. Russian developers in Iran? China? Russia? Yes, TikTok 2023 actually seems super, super benign compared to this. /6

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     Jason Kint (jasonkint@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:39 JST Jason Kint

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     Get this. Over 2 million apps fit the P0 priority list meaning they were created before 2015 and had access to sensitive user and friends' permissions. So again, that seems like a lot to me but what do I know. It's a big platform. /5

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     Jason Kint (jasonkint@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:40 JST Jason Kint

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     These were the apps that appear to have been immediately escalated as high-priority. Gibson Dunn being the lawyers, FTI and Stroz the secret forensic consultants. Any apps that stand out, let me know. Definitely AIQ and Mail dot ru. /4

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     Jason Kint (jasonkint@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:41 JST Jason Kint

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     This was the timeline. It looks like the project was kicked off in May at the "Project Analytica Summit." A catchy name I suppose. Reminder, this was basically to investigate the extent that their entire app platform was leaking data as they hacked for growth. /3

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     Jason Kint (jasonkint@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 23:23:42 JST Jason Kint

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     Reminder, here is what Zuckerberg promised Congress. They had attempted to keep even the names of the two consultants sealed for years but failed because they promised the public they would do the audit to keep us safe. Not just for legal reasons. The case is currently being settled for a record amount. /2