How the Obama Campaign's Data-Miners Knew What You Watched On TV
Adrian Chen · 11/16/12 11:34AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/185huvlh27cwyjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Since the campaign is done, the Obama campaign's massive, supersecret tech operation has finally been opened up for the world to marvel at. Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic has written a fascinating profile of Obama's tech team. Buried in it is the fairly unsettling fact that the Obama campaign's data-mining operation could use their databases to determine what you were watching on TV.