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Opinion
Evans: The Cambridge Analytica scandal was basically a hoax
“And of course the irony of Cambridge Analytica was it was, in the end, it was basically a hoax. There was nothing there.”
Benedict Evans Nov 2, 2021 ▶ 39:15 The Meta reality
Insight
Evans: Tech competition and privacy goals are often in direct conflict
“Now, a really obvious one that you see in technology is we want more competition, and we also want more privacy. Okay, so you want to make a new social network, then the obvious competitive tool would be export your friend list and everything they're intereste…”
Benedict Evans Nov 2, 2020 ▶ 8:54 How do you destroy a tech monopoly?
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