While Facebook says it often seeks patents for technology it never implements, one thing Facebook is doing — and that it has filed multiple patents on since 2012 because it works so well — is
building shadow profiles to connect users.
And he was careful to not construct an algorithm that could actually
build a shadow profile, to make sure that others can not misuse the findings.
Not exact matches
For now, Gillibrand will be in Schumer's
shadow, but New York's junior senator has been
building her
profile as an advocate for women and the sexually abused.
It's still hard, especially given media format - and bias, for
shadows to get heard and heard regularly, but at least keeping the same team in place allows them to
build up
profile over time, if not with th epublic, then with the organisations who matter in their field.