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Also consider this. They have a 51% confidence that the target is foreigner.

In the case of gmail, "please send me a random 10 users' info, data, and emails" gives you over a 70% chance that any given one in that sample is a foreigner. With Facebook it is closer to 85%.

So think about that. It means the filters could deliberately overinclude Americans and still meet their standards.



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