The increasing amount of personal information that can be gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook has been revealed by an extensive academic study.
Computer programs can discern private information such as Facebook users’ sexuality, drug-use habits and even whether their parents separated when they were young, according to the report.
In one of the biggest studies of its kind, scientists from the university’s psychometrics team and a Microsoft-funded research centre analysed data from 58,000 Facebook users to predict traits and other information not provided in their profiles.
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