WEBVTT - Check If Cambridge Analytica Got Your Info

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<v Speaker 1>Was your Facebook information shared with Cambridge Analytica? A new

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<v Speaker 1>website tells you instantly, am Rich damiro this is Rich

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<v Speaker 1>on Tech Daily. Okay, so by now you've heard all

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<v Speaker 1>about Cambridge Analytica. This is the British political consulting firm

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<v Speaker 1>that's at the center of a major Facebook controversy. Some

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<v Speaker 1>estimates say they accessed data on more than eighty million

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook users. So you're probably wondering is your profile data

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<v Speaker 1>in there? Well, now there's an easy way to find out.

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook has set up a super simple page. All you

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<v Speaker 1>have to do is log into your Facebook account, click

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<v Speaker 1>a link, and it brings you to a special help

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<v Speaker 1>page titled how can I Tell if my info was

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<v Speaker 1>shared with Cambridge Analytica. All the page does is checks

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<v Speaker 1>to see if you or your friends access the quiz

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<v Speaker 1>app from Cambridge Analytica, which was called this is Your

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<v Speaker 1>Digital Life. Then you get your results right in a

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<v Speaker 1>big box in the center of your screen, and it

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<v Speaker 1>says was my information shared? Now? I clicked on the

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<v Speaker 1>link and for me, my information was not shared. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a big fan of taking all these quizzes online,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is why the quizzes are just upfront for

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<v Speaker 1>capturing as much personal information as they can. But if

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<v Speaker 1>you did take a quiz or one of your friends

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<v Speaker 1>take this quiz, it will tell you. And the box

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<v Speaker 1>even goes a step further. It will give you an

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<v Speaker 1>idea of exactly what was shared with Cambridge Analytica, including

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<v Speaker 1>your profile information, your page likes, your birthday, your current city,

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<v Speaker 1>and more. The information that they had access to depends

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<v Speaker 1>on whether you took the quiz or one of your

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<v Speaker 1>friends took the quiz. One thing that's interesting about this

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<v Speaker 1>support page, which is by the way, official from Facebook.

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<v Speaker 1>They kind of don't use absolutes, so when they give

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<v Speaker 1>you your information, it says based on our available records,

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<v Speaker 1>and then finally it says as a result, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>appear your Facebook information was shared, so they're not saying

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<v Speaker 1>on either side with a firm yes or no. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you how to get to this page.

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<v Speaker 1>Go to Facebook dot com, slash help slash one eight

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<v Speaker 1>seven three six six five three one two nine two

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<v Speaker 1>three four seven six, which is the website url for

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<v Speaker 1>the page, or you can just find a link on

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<v Speaker 1>my website. Just go to rich on tech dot tv

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<v Speaker 1>and again you want to log into Facebook. Then you

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<v Speaker 1>can click the link and then it will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>if your information was shared. So what's Facebook doing in

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<v Speaker 1>the future. Four things. They're going to notify you if

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<v Speaker 1>an app misuse your data. They're gonna make it easier

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<v Speaker 1>to manage the apps that you use. They're going to

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<v Speaker 1>turn off access for unused apps, and they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>restrict Facebook login data basically the amount of information that

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<v Speaker 1>they pass along to third party companies when you use

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook to log into their websites. And a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>this is already happening. So there's another link on this

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<v Speaker 1>Cambridge Analytica page that actually lets you look into your

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<v Speaker 1>apps and websites to see the information that you shared

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<v Speaker 1>with them. So you can click that link as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And Facebook has made that section of their settings just

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit clearer again, you can find the link

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<v Speaker 1>to see if your data was shared with Cambridge Analytica.

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<v Speaker 1>Just go to my website. Richon tech dot tv and

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<v Speaker 1>if you find this podcast helpful, please leave me a

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for listening. I'm rich damiro rich on

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<v Speaker 1>tech dot tv. I'll talk to you real soon.