I would actually like to know how they tracked these 1000 men down.
Then read the article, you lazy tw*t.

Do you think all the threats to ALICE should be ignored completely?
Yes. This morning I told a cash machine that if it didn't stop asking me stupid questions I was going to mash my chocolate bar into its card slot.
I'm neither a murdered nor a slot rapist. I also had no intention of wasting my chocolate bar on a grubby NatWest machine.
What people say to amuse themselves when no one else is around is no one elses business, even if you can find a way to tap into it. There is a world of difference between saying you are going to do something and actually doing it. Otherwise I'd have flown across the Atlantic several times by now, looking for Markjo so as I can kill him. 
The internet is far from a private place to share your thoughts with no one else looking. Additionally, sharing your thoughts with what is presumed to be a person is also far from private. An ATM also makes no attempts at being even remotely human.
The ATM asked me how much money I would like, if I wanted a balance update, a receipt, if I wanted to top up my phone and then gave me the money I wanted (eventually). It behaved exactly like a bank teller. I still wanted to ram my Toffee Crisp into its slot.
And that CGI child doesn't look remotely human either for the record.