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that-black-parade · 7 years ago

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V’s Route Walkthrough (Day 1)

[Prologue | Next Day]

00:00 - New Face

Selection 1

Yoosung, right? Nice to meet you ^^ (Nothing)

Hi, blonde AI! How are you? (Nothing)

Nothing hehe. I meant that you’re cute! (Nothing)

I know that u are AI lolol (Nothing)

Selection 2

Yes (Nothing)

Nothing really - but it looked like he cares for me. (Nothing)

We talked about something fishy hehe (Nothing)

No (Nothing)

Selection 3

I also wanna have fun with you on this app ^ (Yoosung)

Why are you so nice to me? (Nothing)

Selection 4

She was beautiful, she was determined, she was so cool! (Nothing)

About 300 years. (Nothing)

For 205 days. (Nothing)

I haven’t met her yet (Nothing)

Because I was told to say that? (Nothing)

It’s a secret -(Nothing)

I don’t have to meet her to know her ^^ (Nothing)

I think you’d know her better that I do… (Nothing)

I know that she’s a good person. (Nothing)

She’s a bad person!

Selection 6

Let me skim through the game guidebook. (Nothing)

Oh, nothing.^^ (Nothing)

I’m afraid I can’t say. I didn’t see what it was like myself… (Nothing)

Selection 7

ls this a detective game? I thought it was romance. Guess I was tricked. (Nothing)

You must be frustrated, Yoosung… (Yoosung)

Selection 8

Pleased to meet you ^^ (Nothing)

Thank you, my the-most-handosem-in-the-world prince… (Zen)

Selection 9

So both of you trust me, right? This will be easy to raise love meters ^^ (Nothing)

Wow this game is really nifty lol (Nothing)

I am a multitasker. lol it`s my speciality, actually. (Nothing)

This messenger is the game lol (Nothing)

Tell me more about Rika and V - (Nothing)

Selection 10

Yes, please tell me more. (Nothing)

Can you just give me a summary? (Nothing)

Selection 11

Isn’t V the head of this association? So if he’s not active now, doesn’t that mean parties aren’t held a lot? (Yoosung)

Don’t you think V is trying to cope with his emotions where you can’t see him? (V)

So are you saying he faked her death? I think you’ve seen too many movies, Yoosung. Or dramas. (Nothing)

Selection 12

I wouldn't trust V. (Yoosung)

I would trust V. (V + Zen)

Selection 13

That’d be 5 million won per answer. (Nothing)

But it’s getting late. Why not take your time? (Nothing)

Sure, I’ll tell you everything ^^ (Nothing)

Selection 14

I`m sure there was something bad…that others weren’t aware of. (Nothing)

I’m not sure either (Nothing)

Selection 15

Yoosung, calm down and take a break - (Nothing)

I think the act of questioning isn’t to bad ^^ (Yoosung)

When do I gent into the romance part in this game? (Zen)

Selection 16

Yes agreed. Be an iceman! (Zen)

That doesn’t sound scientifically convincing. (Yoosung)

Selection 17

Come on, Im not a nuisance - (Yoosung)

He’s right. you should stop whining and go to bed. (Nothing)

Selection 18

You should hurry up to bed, Zen…Your skin will suffer. (Nothing)

Okay ^^ (Nothing)

02:12 — Jaehee’s Doubt

Selection 1

I’m usually up at early morning. (Nothing)

I couldn’t sleep! (Nothing)

Selection 2

So this character called Jaehee King is set to work until late…

You mean you work until this hour? (Nothing)

Selection 3

You can ask me. (Nothing)

I can see the polar star out the window! (Nothing)

I’m inside your heart!

You’re researching about me? I don’t like the sound of that… Can’t you just drop it?

I’m not sure where I am right now, either. (Nothing)

I can’t tell you. I promised I won’t tell.

Selection 4

Someone installed it for me. Someone I know. (Nothing)

I got it from the store lol

Selection 5

Somebody that created you? (Nothing)

That’s a secret. (Nothing)

Selection 6

I’ll report you if you check my background info!

Buddy - can you make me a card? (Nothing)

I know how desperate you are, but I don’t have much that I know. I don’t even have a card. (Jaehee)

Selection 7

I’ve met a guy of my type, but his name wasn’t Rika… So -. (Nothing)

I’ve never seen her. (Nothing)

Please don’t suspect me, and let’s just be friends. T-T You’re asking too much.

Selection 8

The he could have called me lol. (Nothing)

What does he want to know about me? (Nothing)

Selection 9

I want to know more about the RFA. I hope you can teach me a lot. (Nothing)

Then I’ll analyze Mr.Han too! Lolol (Nothing)

Selection 10

Okay.

I’ll work hard too. So please don’t be so wary of me…! (Jaehee)

I knew it. This game is a treasure box of secrets.

Selection 11

I’m about to head to bed. Good night! (Nothing)

I’m going to stay up some more! (Nothing)

06:30 - The Open Sea Between 0 and 1 Selection 1

A sparrow!! Chirp. (Nothing)

Good morning! (Nothing)

Selection 2

I wanna get some sparrows. I wanna get u too. (Nothing)

Good morning ^^ (707)

Selection 3

Your characterization is funny lol

Did you work all night because I joined? (Nothing)

Selection 4

I wanna have some donuts. (Nothing)

It must be hard for you…and (Nothing)

Selection 5

I usually don’t have morning meals. (Nothing)

Not today… (Nothing)

Yes I did! (Nothing)

Selection 6

You’re going to search about me? How bold ^^ (Nothing)

I wish I could tell you where I am…if only I knew where I am… (Nothing)

Selection 7

Yes, maybe…? (Nothing)

I waled into this place on my own, so it’s not kidnapping. (Nothing)

Selection 8

Instead of glasses, what about VR headset…? (Nothing)

I wanna try on your glasses. (Nothing)

I should get yellow glasses and paint it with a pen. (Nothing)

Try me. (Nothing)

Selection 9

It’s a secret lol. (Nothing)

Did I get it from the store? Don’t remember. (Nothing)

Selection 10

It’s a secret! (Nothing)

I’d like to be a hacker and hack the love meter for all character to maximum level. (Nothing)

Selection 11

Introduction, please

Allow me to open a bag of chips for you. (Nothing)

Selection 12

Just a member! (Nothing)

A cute pretty magical boy!! (707)

Selection 13

I’m afraid there’s nothing I can give you… (Nothing)

I’m MC. I’m really enjoying this… That’s it I guess? (Nothing)

Selection 14

Why the polar bear? (Nothing)

Good job working hard. Good night ^^ (Nothing)

08:26 Cats and Dogs. Selection 1

Zen! Good morning. (Nothing)

OMG! My phone is emitting sunshine all of sudden!! (Zen)

Selection 2

Hey. (Nothing)

Welcome, Jumin! (Nothing)

Selection 3

You can leave, Zen. (Zen Break)

Both of you can leave, I wanna be alone… (Nothing)

You can leave, Jumin. (Jumin Break)

Selection 4

I’m in a princess room, and my bias installed this app for me ^^ (Nothing)

Sorry, I can’t tell you more…It’s a secret… (Nothing)

I wish I could tell you, but I can’t. It’s a rule… (Nothing)

Selection 5

I understand. But this is my first day, so can you be a bit gentle? Hehe (Jumin)

Please…interrogate me, Jumin.

Don’t be scared of me and love me! (Zen)

Selection 6

I’ll trust your instinct, Zen ^^ (Nothing)

Let me gather mi ki for some. Hiyaaa! (Nothing)

I don’t believe in instinct lol (Nothing)

Selection 7

I want to be friends with everyone… (Nothing)

It must be because of difference in your personalities. Let’s just put it that way - (Jumin)

Selection 8

Isn’t it illegal to check my background without my consent? (Nothing)

I wish to keep my secrets…Please understand. (Nothing)

Selection 9

I understand. Nobody would leave suspicion out in this situation. I’m also frustrated that I can’t tell you a lot. (Nothing)

I think you’ll be able tu trust me after some time…and once you trust me, you’ll start dating me! (Nothing)

Selection 10

Jumin, you rock! (Jumin)

Do you know the definition of the word modesty? (Nothing)

Selection 11

But you should think about the welfare of your co-worker. (Nothing)

That’s right. Jaehee’s free to work or not. (Nothing)

Selection 12

Good luck on your work, Mr. Han (Nothing)

See ya -(Nothing)

Selection 13

He seems weird lolol He’s funny. (Jumin)

With what kind of person do you go along well, Zen? (Nothing)

Selection 14

I think it’s time for you to win the Nobel Prize in Beauty. (Zen)

I’ll let you borrow my ice… (Nothing)

Selection 15

Let’s chat again, Zen. (Nothing)

Goodbye, my good looking statue. (Nothing)

11:49 Importance of Meals. Selection 1

I only eat twice per day.

Three regular meals each day! That’s my motto! (Nothing)

I don’t care how many times I eat. I’m the zealous believer in butter, chocolate, flour and soft drink. (Nothing)

I can eat up to 6 meals per day.

Selection 2

What…? Why would you eat a lunch box from the convenience store? T-T You should really eat better… (Nothing)

That’s one glamorous lunch box! (Nothing)

Selection 3

Welcome, Yoosung ^^ (Nothing)

She’s eating a lunch box from the convenience store T-T Waaah. (Nothing)

Selection 4

Is it because you’re frustrated when you think about V? (Yoosung)

Is it because I joined? (Nothing)

Selection 5

That sounds like a waste of your tuition. (Nothing)

You must be feeling really complicated. (Nothing)

Selection 6

Don’t you think he did love her? He’s continuing the charity association founded by his lover… (Nothing)

What about Rika? Do you think she truly loved V?

Their relationship is their issue. Don’t you think a third-party’s evaluation is really meaningless? (Jaehee)

Selection 7

V has also lost his precious lover. He’ll be going through a hard time as well.

You shouldn’t be so harsh on him. (V)

Perhaps V and Rika weren’t that close. (Nothing)

Selection 8

What secrets? (Nothing)

Even if there really is a secret, he wouldn’t do anything that can harm the RFA, would he? (V + Jumin).

Selection 9

I don’t know about Rika and V’s relationship…but you should first calm down. (Nothing)

It feels unnatural that they didn’t share everything with each other. They’re lovers, you know? (Yoosung)

Selection 10

Want me to feed you myself? (Nothing)

I think you should first calm down. (Nothing)

Selection 11

That was the RFA chatroom, the den of flourish of suspicions and conspiracy! (Nothing)

Whatever it is you have to do, you should eat first - (Jaehee)

Selection 12

You should hurry up and eat, Jaehee! (Jaehee)

You should get something, Yoosung. How about a cup of tea? (Nothing)

Selection 13

Jaehee, you should hurry up and eat too! (Jaehee)

No.

Yes, I live alone. (Nothing)

I’m a bit worried about him - (Nothing)

Selection 14

Enjoy your lunch, Jaehee! (Nothing)

Good bye! (Nothing)

14:08 Zen’s Consideration Selection 1

Hello - (Nothing)

It’s a pleasure to meet you. (Nothing)

Selection 2

Did you make any mistake during your audition? (Nothing)

Cheer up T-T (Nothing)

Selection 3

What is this musical about? (Nothing)

I’m sure a better role awaits you in the future! (Zen)

Just what kind of musical is it? (Nothing)

Selection 4

Sounds a bit cliche. (Nothing)

Whoa…interesting! (Nothing)

Selection 5

You’ll feel better if you upload your selfie! (Zen)

That’s really a shame… (Nothing)

Selection 6

How about playing a female role? (Nothing)

Are you ok with roles that require you go all nude? (Nothing)

How about playing for a cat role? (Zen Break)

Selection 7

I already know about you, Zen hehe (Nothing)

Jumin Kim. (Nothing)

It’s Hyun Ryu. (Zen)

Soonja Kim.

Elizabeth the 4th.

Could you introduce yourself? ^^ (Nothing)

Selection 8

Can I call you honey? (Nothing)

What’s V birth name? (Nothing)

I think it’s kind of embarrassing to call you Zen lol (Nothing)

Selection 9

…? (Nothing)

Selection 10

Are you running a quick maintenance? (Nothing)

Ray? (Nothing)

Selection 11

You scared me! (Nothing)

When are you going to drop by my room? (Nothing)

Selection 12

I think everyone wants to find out my relationship with this person called Rika. What should I do? (Nothing)

Yes, they seem to be suspicious of me a lot… But I think our relationship will improve soon! (Nothing)

Selection 13

You, Ray ^^ (Ray)

No one in particular. (Nothing)

The one who suspects me. (Jumin + Jaehee)

The one who trust me. (Zen + Yoosung)

Selection 14

Anything, as long as it’s meat. (Nothing)

Medium, please —

Rare…

Well done! (Nothing)

Could you first tell me what you like? (Ray)

I’d like vegetables or something healthy. (Nothing)

Selection 15

See you son, Ray! (Nothing)

Bye! (Nothing)

Selection 16

Tell me about it. Is it some sort of bug? (Ray)

Perhaps the developer ran a quick server maintenance of something… (Nothing)

Selection 17

This is the arena of communication for all!

It’s an ocean of mysteries and conspiracy! (Nothing)

Your selfie storage! (Zen)

Selection 18

You’ll mark yourself in everyone’s lips in a mere day. (Nothing)

The most important cities of the entire world will be struck by a plague of zombies infected by your beauty… (Zen)

Selection 19

Hehehehehe. (Nothing)

Uh…ok…now I gotta go. (Nothing)

Don’t go, o lord of shameless beauty… (Zen)

16:33 Dear Party Co-ordinator.

Selection 1

Really? Right now I’m seeing a cloudy sky. (Nothing)

Are you pondering on the purpose of life or something? (Nothing)

The weather is so nice today. (Nothing)

Selection 2

Do your eyes really get better if you look up at the sky? (Nothing)

Aren’t you staring at you phone right now to chat? (Nothing)

Selection 3

Yes, please. I think that’d be a great help. (Yoosung)

I already heard enough. (Nothing)

Selection 4

Are V’s works famous? (V)

I’m interested in the networking part! (Nothing)

Selection 5

Is that part of my task to? (Nothing)

Where are those letters now? (Nothing)

Selection 6

Are you sure that was a good kind of charisma? (Nothing)

Will I do a good job for her role? (Nothing)

I’d love to meet her myself…I’s so sad that she’s no longer here. (Nothing)

Selection 7

Did your friend text you? (Nothing)

Are you mistaking me and chatting me for someone else? (Nothing)

Selection 8

I think I smell fried wings. (Nothing)

He has a school assignment to share? (Nothing)

Selection 9

See you, Yoosung! (Nothing)

Bye bye. (Nothing)

18:17 I Need Healing Time. Selection 1

You, 707. (Nothing)

Ex-boyfriend. (Nothing)

An ant��? (Nothing)

Selection 2

Ewwww!!! (Nothing)

Ugh I almost unfriend you. (Nothing)

I see. (Nothing)

Oh yummy. (Nothing)

Selection 3

Hackers. (Nothing)

Zombies. (Nothing)

My one and only love? (Nothing)

Selection 4

So can I start my reports with u? (Nothing)

Do I have to press all of those numbers? (Nothing)

It’s not 929764. (Nothing)

Selection 5

0.007. (Nothing)

Nope. None of my business. (Nothing)

Lucky 7%? (707)

You must have tons of work T-T (707)

Selection 6

… (Nothing)

Meow (707)

Hehe… (Nothing)

Selection 7

Pssssh… (sound effect). (707)

I’d love to see your cat! (Nothing)

Selection 8

Why not summon me instead of Elly? (707)

I think it wouldn’t be good to the cat if her environment changes. (Jumin)

Selection 9

That can’t be true! He’s so nice and persistent! (707)

You shouldn’t torment animals! (Nothing)

Selection 10

lololololol (Nothing)

No wonder the cat hated it so much - (Jumin)

I’ll be your laser beam playmate. (707)

Selection 11

What about Zen? (Nothing)

You’re gonna shut out own member…? That’s sad. (Nothing)

Selection 12

You’re really obsessive about Elizabeth the 3rd. (Nothing)

Sounds like a fair deal. (Nothing)

Selection 13

It’s an emoji that shows that your lips are zip locked. (Nothing)

That’s a bunny emoji. (Nothing)

I think he wants to play Yes or No. (Nothing)

Selection 14

Mmmppffff. (Nothing)

I don’t think he’s going to tell you. (Nothing)

Selection 15

If both of you trust V, you can just accept me for who I am, just like how V decide. (Nothing)

You seem to trust V a lot… (Jumin)

Selection 16

I’m not sure either why V accepted me so easily. (Nothing)

Can I unzip them? (707)

Selection 17

That’s a great idea! (Nothing)

Come on, there’s no way Jumin’s interested in cosplaying… (Nothing)

Selection 18

I’d love to see it lol. (Nothing)

But I think V would be embarrassed. (V)

Selection 19

You’re persistent… (Jumin)

You must really love cats! (707)

Selection 20

Good bye, Jumin! (Nothing)

Send my regards to Elizabeth the 3rd - (Nothing)

Selection 21

Look like Jumin doesn’t hate V very much. (Jumin)

It’d be a phenomenon if he really does! Don’t you agree? (Nothing)

But why would you have a mint-haired wig, Seven? (Nothing)

Selection 22

Make sure you give me a copy of the pic if you take one! (Nothing)

So shall we get on with it? Lol (707)

Selection 23

Good luck 707! The defender of peace! (707)

Yes, we’ll chat again, Seven. (Nothing)

20:02 Subjects of Interest. Selection 1

Seven. (707)

Jumin! (Jumin)

ZEN!! (Zen)

I’ll cosplay the members of the RFA. (Nothing)

Selection 2

Welcome Jaehee! (Nothing)

Zen is my bad too! I think I’ve found a buddy. (Jaehee)

Selection 3

Jaehee, are you in charge of the papers related to RFA as well? (Nothing)

Are you organizing what you found about me ever since I joined the RFA? (Nothing)

Selection 4

I’m sure there’s a reason to everything and everyone. It’s kind of tricky to perfectly tell apart different task and occupations, you know? (Nothing)

I believe such aspects should gradually improve… (Nothing)

Cruel is the reality…but if you do your best, I’m sure you’ll find happiness someday! (Jaehee)

Selection 5

So all I have to do is to invite as many people to the party and raise the scores for my meter, right? Lol (Nothing)

Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help! (Nothing)

Selection 6

But that’s the only thing I was told about too… I’m not sure what more I should tell you (Nothing)

I understand that you can’t trust me yet. Let’s be friends nice and slow ^^ (Jaehee)

You psychological settings are so complicated. Must’ve been shaped with extra great care. (Ray)

Selection 7

But why is this place off-limits to outsiders? Seems like an ordinary chat room to me lol (Nothing)

I understand you, Jaehee… (Jaehee)

Selection 8

I’m a bad person. (Nothing)

I’m not a bad person! It’s just that I have a whole lot to learn! (Nothing)

My game might be over if I tell you. It’s a secret!

I’m sorry. I have a good reason, but I can’t tell you what it is. (Nothing)

Selection 9

How come?

I’m being exploited…? (Nothing)

Selection 10

No one’s exploiting me. I’m just here to have fun with you all! (Nothing)

Oh, save me, My prince! I’ll be waiting! (Nothing)

Selection 11

This initial setting is a bit tricky. But that’ll make the progress of the relationship more rewarding…

I hope you’d start to trust me more! (Nothing)

Selection 12

Your looks are already more that enough help to the entire world. Lol (Zen)

Jaehee, I believe we’ll be able to trust each other soon. Good luck wrapping up your work! (Jaehee)

Selection 13

Time for your preening, Zen! You gotta make yourself an international treasure! (Zen)

… (Nothing)

Selection 14

You do make sure your facial pores are open before you move on the cleansing part, right? (Noting)

Why? (Nothing)

I use soaps… (Nothing)

Selection 15

Bye, sexy (Zen)

Byebye (Nothing)

21:34 Richness in Wine. Selection 1

Good night. The stars are beautiful. (Jumin)

Welcome, Jumin. (Nothing)

Good day? How come? (Nothing)

Selection 2

You do a lot of business!

You got your deal! Congrats! (Nothing)

Do you like wines? (Nothing)

Selection 3

Maybe they want to have you as their model. (Nothing)

It’s not a scandalous photo, is it? (Nothing)

Maybe it’s a paparazzi! You should call the police!

Selection 4

Jumin, you’ve already got talents! Now you’re telling me you’ve lots looks as well! T-T (Jumin)

I thought they would offer something like this to Zen -

Congrats! Are you going to say yes? (Nothing)

Selection 5

Tell me about it. Did you tell them where you live? (Nothing)

But aren’t you delighted? (Nothing)

Selection 6

I think the question is not whether you’d be a fine model, but what would be the efficiency in relation to the budget. (Jumin)

Yes, absolutely! You have this luxurious atmosphere. (Jumin)

Selection 7

I think the model doesn’t matter when it comes to the success of your company’s investment. I think the key is whether the wine itself tastes fine. (Nothing)

I’m curious, too. Could you let me know the results once they come out? (Nothing)

Looks vs business talent…? Whichever wins, I think it will return as a compliment for you. (Jumin)

Selection 8

I see that V likes wine too. (Nothing)

A gift isn’t bad, but I think what needs right now is a friend, not a wine. (V)

Selection 9

What if both of you model…?! (Nothing)

What were you two like in the past? (Nothing)

Selection 10

Did Rika also like wine? (Nothing)

I’m sure those days will come again. (Nothing)

Selection 11

Don’t worry. I’ll make sure to finish this as a happy ending. (Nothing)

Jumin… (Nothing)

Selection 12

I’ll help too. (Nothing)

You two are such a good friends! (Jumin)

Selection 13

Do you have an automatic timer installed in your head by any chance? (Nothing)

Maybe something’s happened to her! You should hurry up and go! (Nothing)

23:25 Intriguing Person. Selection 1

Wow! It’s V…! I’m so thrilled to see you! (V)

Oh here comes the final boss. (Ray)

Selection 2

You two make a lovely couple (Nothing)

Is that you and Rika…? (Nothing)

Selection 3

It’s all a secret. Shh! (Nothing)

I’m not sure, either. I was simply told to host parties. (Nothing)

Selection 4

I’m just an ordinary person. (Nothing)

You must be curious about my world. (V)

Selection 5

Can you see anything different through your finder? (V)

I’ll call the police if you violate my portrait rights. (Nothing)

Selection 6

They all looked so nice. (V)

They were so ware of me (Nothing)

Selection 7

Is Rika that someone for you, V? (V)

The purpose of my life…is my bias… (Nothing)

Selection 8

Are you warning me right now? (Nothing)

This advice sounds like the result of your own experience (Nothing)

Selection 9

V? (Nothing)

What? Is this a bug? (Nothing)

Selection 10

Let’s talk again, V (Nothing)

Goodbye (Nothing)

VNM - Selection 1

Come in. (Nothing)

Selection 2

I was playing the game (Nothing)

I’ve been waiting for you, Ray.

I was about to get to bed (Nothing)

Selection 3

The Ads kept suspecting me, so it wasn’t fun. (Nothing)

Don’t you have a cheat for this?

It was fun! It felt like talking to actual people instead of AIs. (Nothing)

Selection 4

The black-haired man in a suit with a temper.

I think the cute blonde boy is my type.

The white hair, red eyes…I think the musical actor is the best-looking. (Nothing)

My favorite is that meticulous-looking secretary with glasses

I like that red-haired guy with glasses. (Nothing)

Selection 5

Looks like you don’t like them, Ray, thought you made these Al characters. (Nothing)

Now that we talked about gamers, I want to talk about you, Ray. (Nothing)

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viralnewstime · 7 years ago

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A data set of more than 3 million Facebook users and a variety of their personal details collected by Cambridge researchers was available for anyone to download for some four years, New Scientist reports. It’s likely only one of many places where such huge sets of personal data collected during a period of permissive Facebook access terms have been obtainable.

The data were collected as part of a personality test, myPersonality, which, according to its own wiki (now taken down), was operational from 2007 to 2012, but new data was added as late as August of 2016. It started as a side project by the Cambridge Psychometrics Centre’s David Stillwell (now deputy director there), but graduated to a more organized research effort later. The project “has close academic links,” the site explains, “however, it is a standalone business.” (Presumably for liability purposes; the group never charged for access to the data.)

Though “Cambridge” is in the name, there’s no real connection to Cambridge Analytica, just a very tenuous one through Aleksandr Kogan, which is explained below.

Like other quiz apps, it requested consent to access the user’s profile (friends’ data was not collected), which combined with responses to questionnaires produced a rich data set with entries for millions of users. Data collected included demographics, status updates, some profile pictures, likes and lots more, but not private messages or data from friends.

Exactly how many users are affected is a bit difficult to say: the wiki claims the database holds 6 million test results from 4 million profiles (hence the headline), though only 3.1 million sets of personality scores are in the set and far less data points are available on certain metrics, such as employer or school. At any rate, the total number is on that order, though the same data is not available for every user.

Although the data is stripped of identifying information, such as the user’s actual name, the volume and breadth of it makes the set susceptible to de-anonymization, for lack of a better term. (I should add there is no evidence that this has actually occurred; simple anonymizing processes on rich data sets are just fundamentally more vulnerable to this kind of reassembly effort.)

This data set was available via a wiki to credentialed academics who had to agree to the team’s own terms of service. It was used by hundreds of researchers from dozens of institutions and companies for numerous papers and projects, including some from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and even Facebook itself. (I asked the latter about this curious occurrence, and a representative told me that two researchers listed signed up for the data before working there; it’s unclear why in that case the name I saw would list Facebook as their affiliation, but there you have it.)

This in itself is in violation of Facebook’s terms of service, which ostensibly prohibited the distribution of such data to third parties. As we’ve seen over the last year or so, however, it appears to have exerted almost no effort at all in enforcing this policy, as hundreds (potentially thousands) of apps were plainly and seemingly proudly violating the terms by sharing data sets gleaned from Facebook users.

In the case of myPersonality, the data was supposed to be distributed only to actual researchers; Stillwell and his collaborator at the time, Michal Kosinski, personally vetted applications, which had to list the data they needed and why, as this sample application shows:

I am a full-time faculty member. [IF YOU ARE A STUDENT PLEASE HAVE YOU SUPERVISOR REQUEST ACCESS TO THE DATA FOR YOU.] I read and agree with the myPersonality Database Terms of Use. [SERIOUSLY, PLEASE DO READ IT.] I will take responsibility for the use of the data by any students in my research group.

I am planning to use the following variables: * [LIST THE VARIABLES YOU INTEND TO * USE AND TELL US HOW * YOU PLAN TO ANALYZE THEM.]

One lecturer, however, published their credentials on GitHub in order to allow their students to use the data. Those credentials were available to anyone searching for access to the myPersonality database for, as New Scientist estimates, about four years.

This seems to demonstrate the laxity with which Facebook was policing the data it supposedly guarded. Once that data left company premises, there was no way for the company to control it in the first place, but the fact that a set of millions of entries was being sent to any academic who asked, and anyone who had a publicly listed username and password, suggests it wasn’t even trying.

A Facebook researcher actually requested the data in violation of his own company’s policies. I’m not sure what to conclude from that, other than that the company was utterly uninterested in securing sets like this and far more concerned with providing against any future liability. After all, if the app was in violation, Facebook can simply suspend it — as the company did last month, by the way — and lay the whole burden on the violator.

“We suspended the myPersonality app almost a month ago because we believe that it may have violated Facebook’s policies,” said Facebook’s VP of product partnerships, Ime Archibong, in a statement. “We are currently investigating the app, and if myPersonality refuses to cooperate or fails our audit, we will ban it.”

In a statement provided to TechCrunch, David Stillwell defended the myPersonality project’s data collection and distribution.

“myPersonality collaborators have published more than 100 social science research papers on important topics that advance our understanding of the growing use and impact of social networks,” he said. “We believe that academic research benefits from properly controlled sharing of anonymised data among the research community.”

In a separate email, Michal Kosinski also emphasized the importance of the published research based on their data set. Here’s a recent example looking into how people assess their own personalities versus how those who know them do, and how a computer trained to do so performs.

From the research paper based on myPersonality’s database. The computer performed almost as well as a spouse.

“Facebook has been aware of and has encouraged our research since at least 2011,” the statement continued. It’s hard to square this with Facebook’s allegation that the project was suspended for policy violations based on the language of its redistribution terms, which is how a company spokesperson explained it to me. The likely explanation is that Facebook never looked closely until this type of profile data sharing became unpopular, and usage and distribution among academics came under closer scrutiny.

Stillwell said (and the Centre has specifically explained) that Aleksandr Kogan was not in fact associated with the project; he was, however, one of the collaborators who received access to the data like those at other institutions. He apparently certified that he did not use this data in his SCL and Cambridge Analytica dealings.

The statement also says that the newest data is six years old, which seems substantially accurate from what I can tell except, for a set of nearly 800,000 users’ data regarding the 2015 rainbow profile picture filter campaign, added in August 2016. That doesn’t change much, but I thought it worth noting.

Facebook has suspended hundreds of apps and services and is investigating thousands more after it became clear in the Cambridge Analytica case that data collected from its users for one purpose was being redeployed for all sorts of purposes by actors nefarious and otherwise. One is a separate endeavor from the Cambridge Psychometrics Centre called Apply Magic Sauce; I asked the researchers about the connection between it and myPersonality data.

The takeaway from the small sample of these suspensions and collection methods that have been made public suggest that during its most permissive period (up until 2014 or so) Facebook allowed the data of countless users (the totals will only increase) to escape its authority, and that data is still out there, totally out of the company’s control and being used by anyone for just about anything.

Researchers working with user data provided with consent aren’t the enemy, but the total inability of Facebook (and to a certain extent the researchers themselves) to exert any kind of meaningful control over that data is indicative of grave missteps in digital privacy.

Ultimately it seems that Facebook should be the one taking responsibility for this massive oversight, but as Mark Zuckerberg’s performance in the Capitol emphasized, it’s not really clear what taking responsibility looks like other than an appearance of contrition and promises to do better.

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Anyone could download Cambridge researchers’ 4-million-user Facebook data set for years

Though “Cambridge” is in the name, there’s no real connection to Cambridge Analytica, just a very tenuous one through Aleksandr Kogan, which is explained below.

I am planning to use the following variables: * [LIST THE VARIABLES YOU INTEND TO * USE AND TELL US HOW * YOU PLAN TO ANALYZE THEM.]

In a statement provided to TechCrunch, David Stillwell defended the myPersonality project’s data collection and distribution.

From the research paper based on myPersonality’s database. The computer performed almost as well as a spouse.

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A dataset of over 3 million Facebook users and a variety of their personal details collected by Cambridge researchers was available for anyone to download for some four years, New Scientist reports. It’s likely only one of many places where such huge sets of personal data collected during a period of permissive Facebook access terms have been obtainable.

The data were collected as part of a personality test, myPersonality, which according to its own wiki (now taken down) was operational from 2007 to 2012, but new data was added as late as August of 2016. It started as a side project by the Cambridge Psychometrics Centre’s David Stillwell (now deputy director there), but graduated to a more organized research effort later. The project “has close academic links,” the site explains, “however, it is a standalone business.” (Presumably for liability purposes; the group never charged for access to the data.)

Though “Cambridge” is in the name, there’s no real connection to Cambridge Analytica, just a very tenuous one through Aleksandr Kogan, of which below.

Like other quiz apps, it requested consent to access the user’s profile (friends’ data was not collected), which combined with responses to questionnaires produced a rich dataset with entries for millions of users. Data collected included demographics, status updates, some profile pictures, likes, and lots more, but not private messages or data from friends.

Exactly how many users are affected is a bit difficult to say: the wiki claims the database holds 6 million test results from 4 million profiles (hence the headline), though only 3.1 million sets of personality scores are in the set and far less data points are available on certain metrics such as employer or school. At any rate the total number is on that order, though the same data is not available for every user.

Although the data is stripped of identifying information such as the user’s actual name, the volume and breadth of it makes the set susceptible to de-anonymization, for lack of a better term. (I should add there is no evidence that this has actually occurred; simple anonymizing processes on rich data sets are just fundamentally more vulnerable to this kind of reassembly effort.)

In the case of myPersonality, the data was supposed to be distributed only to actual researchers; Stillwell and his collaborator at the time Michal Kosinski personally vetted applications, which had to list the data they needed and why, as this sample application shows:

I am planning to use the following variables: * [LIST THE VARIABLES YOU INTEND TO * USE AND TELL US HOW * YOU PLAN TO ANALYZE THEM.]

One lecturer, however, published their credentials on Github in order to allow their students to use the data. Those credentials were available to anyone searching for access to the myPersonality database for, as New Scientist estimates, about four years.

A Facebook researcher actually requested the data in violation of his own company’s policies. I’m not sure what to conclude from that other than that the company was utterly uninterested in securing sets like this and far more concerned with providing against any future liability. After all, if the app was in violation, Facebook can simply suspend it — as the company did last month, by the way — and lay the whole burden on the violator.

In a statement provided to TechCrunch, David Stillwell defended the myPersonality project’s data collection and distribution.

In a separate email, Michal Kosinski also emphasized the importance of the published research based on their dataset. Here’s a recent example looking into how people assess their own personalities versus how those who know them do, and how a computer trained to do so performs.

From the research paper based on myPersonality’s database. The computer performed almost as well as a spouse.

The statement also says that the newest data is 6 years old, which seems substantially accurate from what I can tell except for a set of nearly 800K users’ data regarding the 2015 rainbow profile picture filter campaign, added in August 2016. That doesn’t change much but I thought it worth noting.

Ultimately it seems that Facebook should be the one taking responsibility for this massive oversight, but as Mark Zuckerberg’s performance in the capitol emphasized, it’s not really clear what taking responsibility looks like other than an appearance of contrition and promises to do better.

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Data Privacy in the Modern World: Everything’s for Sale Unless You’re the Keeper of Your Own Data

Everyone worries about data privacy. And, looking at the state of the industry, they have ever reason to be. The truth is big data generates big money. Data privacy at this moment seems to be something that’s not even a possibility anymore. As almost every application that you interact with has the ability to collect data on your actions, and that isn’t just what you do on social media. Data is for sale in most any scenario.

Facebook faces huge data privacy scandal

Your data, including demographics, preferences and other key information, is for sale in many situations. The one dominating media outlets right now is the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal. Many Facebook users were at least somewhat aware their data was generating revenue for the social media platform. Consider all the ads you see in your feed and how many of them are actually pretty relevant to you as a buyer. There’s no sixth sense involved here, rather Facebook tracks what you like, what you do and who you are in the digital world. This information then helps their advertisers target you better. Sounds mostly harmless, right. Except with the Cambridge Analytica scenario, this wasn’t a company using creating ads on Facebook to target people that had certain characteristics. They were harvesting data and taking without consent.

According to a Cambridge Analytics whistleblower, the company gathered data from 50 million Facebook users. Then they developed a software program to profile these 50 million individuals and advertise them in a way to influence their voting decisions. However, there was no authorization for the data to be used in this way. The firm exploited Facebook to harvest profiles, but this isn’t a data breach. Cambridge Analytica acquired the initial data from users that used an app to take a personality test and agreed to share it. However, the app then when further, accumulating the data of the test taker’s friends as well.

Facebook under fire, losing trust of users

This has put Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg firmly in the crosshairs of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC is looking at whether Facebook violated the terms of a 2011 settlement to enhance privacy policies so third parties could not acquire data without permission of the user.

Facebook is currently in crisis mode, trying to prove to its users that it can secure your data, saying “We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it.” Since the scandal unfolded, Facebook shares have seen a hit, and at least a small percentage of users have deleted their accounts.

As this was all blowing up, more data privacy issues were raised regarding Facebook tracking call and SMS history. Facebook fired back saying that the logging is part of an opt-in feature for those using Messenger on Android devices. As it’s allegedly something users have agreed to, they can also opt out of it. Facebook released a recent publication about making privacy setting tools easier to find for users, as a means to allow them more control.

This may be a big eye opener for many, citizens and companies, about what data privacy really looks like in the 21st century. The bottom line is, any application or platform that you use as an individual or an employee that stores your data has the potential to sell it. The only solution is not allowing third parties to store your data, which seems impossible.

Medical data can be sold, too

If you thought that only social media platforms or Google were in a position to sell data, unfortunately healthcare providers do it as well. The adoption and use of electronic health records (EHR) have certainly benefited the entire industry and have been a tool for better patient care. It’s also led to lots of data providers popping up, as there is a low barrier to entry in the market. So with more competition and options, this should be a win. Yet, that’s not how it’s playing out.

In fact, according to a Harvard Business Review article, the majority of HCIT (healthcare IT) is being streamed to startups that sell data. For these firms, data is the product. Yet, it’s also a commodity, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) now publishing enrollment and utilization data. Stakeholders in the industry, of course, understand the value of data, especially in how it can offer insights on specific ailments as well as how diseases progress, management of pain and treatment options.

Anonymity now less certain in healthcare data sold

The data sold by these type of firms is anonymized. However, data miners and brokers can create detailed profiles by cross-referencing with other sources. The data in its raw form strips out identifiers, leaving gender, age, ailments and neighborhood. Data miners then cross-reference this with pharmaceutical data, also up for sale. This data combines with data from a variety of other sources like search engines. While this process is not technically a violation of HIPAA; it can render the protections of HIPAA useless. A lot of this hinges on the legal right of business to harvest and sell the information of individual patients without their permission and was upheld in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Vermont’s Attorney General v. IMS Health. The justices ruled in favor of IMS Health.

So, what options do patients and healthcare providers if they don’t want their data on the selling block? A cloud pass-through architecture is an answer.

Why cloud pass-through architecture keeps your data private

If the application or provider you work with stores or saves any of your data then it’s probably fair game. That’s the revolutionary thing about cloud pass-through architecture. An application lets the data pass through its server, but it never stores. This means all data lives only on your servers. No PHI is stored by the service provider. Industry leaders and regulators are contemplating this way of using cloud as the way to go. The organization is the custodian of the data. Centralizing has not worked for privacy. This can work, because if they never have your data, they can’t sell it.

At QliqSOFT, we are one of very few HCIT companies that uses cloud pass-through architecture, creating our own proprietary Cloud Pass-Thru product. We use this in our secure communication application, working for text, documents and photos. With QliqSOFT, you are the keeper of your own data. You can learn more about our security and compliance initiatives here.

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A decade inside Microsoft Security

Ten years ago, I walked onto Microsofts Redmond campus to take a role on a team that partnered with governments and CERTs on cybersecurity. Id just left a meaningful career in US federal government service because I thought it would be fascinating to experience first-hand the security challenges and innovation from the perspective of the IT industry, especially within Microsoft, given its presence around the US federal government. I fully expected to spend a year or two in Microsoft and then resume my federal career with useful IT industry perspectives on security. Two days after I started, Popular Sciences annual Ten worst jobs in science survey came out, and I was surprised to see Microsoft Security Grunt in sixth place. Though the article was tongue-in-cheek, saluting those who take on tough challenges, the fact that we made this ignominious list certainly made me wonder if Id made a huge mistake.

I spent much of my first few years hearing from government and enterprise executives that Microsoft was part of the security problem. Working with so many hard-working engineers, researchers, security architects, threat hunters, and developers trying to tackle these increasingly complex challenges, I disagreed. But, we all recognized that we needed to do more to defend the ecosystem, and to better articulate our efforts. Wed been investing in security well before 2007, notably with the Trustworthy Computing Initiative and Security Development Lifecycle, and we continue to invest heavily in technologies and people – we now employ over 3,500 people in security across the company. I rarely hear anymore that we are perceived as a security liability, but our work isnt done. Ten years later, Im still here, busier than ever, delaying my long-expected return to federal service, helping enterprise CISOs secure their environments, their users, and their data.

Complexity vs. security

Is it possible, however, that our industrys investments in security have created another problem – that of complexity? Have we innovated our way into a more challenging situation? My fellow security advisors at Microsoft have shared customer frustrations over the growing security vendor presence in their environments. While these different technologies may solve specific requirements, in doing so, they create a management headache. Twice this week in Redmond, CISOs from large manufacturers challenged me to help them better understand security capabilities they already owned from Microsoft, but werent aware of. They sought to use this discovery process to identify opportunities to rationalize their security vendor presence. As one CISO said, Just help me simplify all of this.

There is a large ecosystem of very capable and innovative professionals delivering solutions into a vibrant and crowded security marketplace. With all of this IP, how can we best help CISOs use important innovation while reducing complexity in their environments? And, can we help them maximize value from their investments without sacrificing security and performance?

Best-of-suite capabilities

Large enterprises may employ up to 100 vendors technologies to handle different security functions. Different vendors may handle identity and access management, data loss prevention, key management, service management, cloud application security, and so on. Many companies are now turning to machine learning and user behavior technologies. Many claim best of breed or best in class, capabilities and there is impressive innovation in the marketplace. Recognizing this, we have made acquisition a part of Microsofts security strategy – since 2013 weve acquired companies like Aorato, Secure Islands, Adallom, and most recently Hexadite.

Microsofts experience as a large global enterprise is similar to our enterprise customers. Weve been working to rationalize the 100+ different security providers in our infrastructure to help us better manage our external dependencies and more efficiently manage budgets. Weve been moving toward a default policy of Microsoft first security technology where possible in our environment. Doing so helps us standardize on newer and familiar technologies that complement each other.

That said, whether we build or buy, our focus is to deliver an overall best in suite approach to help customers deploy, maintain, monitor, and protect our enterprise products and services as securely as possible. We are investing heavily in the Intelligent Security Graph. It leverages our vast security intelligence, connects and correlates information, and uses advanced analytics to help detect and respond to threats faster. If you are already working with Microsoft to advance your productivity and collaboration needs by deploying Windows 10, Office 365, Azure, or other core enterprise services, you should make better use of these investments and reduce dependency on third-party solutions by taking advantage of built-in monitoring and detection capabilities in these solutions. A best-of-suite approach also lowers the costs and complexity of administering a security program, e.g. making vendor assessments and procurement easier, reducing training and learning curves, and standardizing on common dashboards.

Reducing complexity also requires that we make our security technologies easy to acquire and use. Here are some interesting examples of how our various offerings connect to each other and have built-in capabilities:

The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection(ATP) offer seamlessly integrates with O365 ATP to provide more visibility into adversary activity against devices and mailboxes, and to give your security teams more control over these resources. Watch this great video to learn more about the services integration. Windows Defender ATP monitors behaviors on a device and sends alerts on suspicious activities. The console provides your security team with the ability to perform one-click actions such as isolating a machine, collecting a forensics package, and stopping and quarantining files. You can then track the kill chain into your O365 environment if a suspicious file on the device arrived via email. Once in O365 ATP, you can quarantine the email, detonate a potentially malicious payload, block the traffic from your environment, and identify other users who may have been targeted.

Azure Information Protection provides built-in capabilities to classify and label data, apply rights-management protections (that follows the data object) and gives data owners and admins visibility into, and control over, where that data goes and whether recipients attempt to violate policy.

Thousands of companies around the world are innovating, competing, and partnering to defeat adversaries and to secure the computing ecosystem. No single company can do it all. But by making it as convenient as possible for you to acquire and deploy technologies that integrate, communicate and complement each other, we believe we can offer a best-of-suite benefit to help secure users, devices, apps, data, and infrastructure. Visit https://www.microsoft.com/secure to learn about our solutions and reach out to your local Microsoft representative to learn more about compelling security technologies that you may already own. For additional information, and to stay on top of our investments in security, bookmark this Microsoft Secure blog.

Mark McIntyre, CISSP, is an Executive Security Advisor (ESA) in the Microsoft Enterprise and Cybersecurity Group. Mark works with global public sector and commercial enterprises, helping them transform their businesses while protecting data and assets by moving securely to the Cloud. As an ESA, Mark supports CISOs and their teams with cybersecurity reviews and planning. He also helps them understand Microsofts perspectives on the evolving cyber threat landscape and how Microsoft defends its enterprise, employees and users around the world.

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