11mo ago

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

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11mo ago

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

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11mo ago

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

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11mo ago

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

futurism.com /the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone

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Would this trigger the 'mic in use' indicator on Android and iPhone platforms?
- If it existed, yes. They probably didn't realize before making this failed "pitch", which is why they never developed this.
- Don't think so. Wait until you find out what your smart TV is doing.
  
  Nah it got banned from the network when it started inserting ads into my YouTube feed that I already pay for.
  
  Heh. My TV has never been online, not even once. I'd rather suffer the occasional firmware bug than have it act as a sensor.
Can't wait for all the seven day old accounts to pop up and explain how this is actually just the magic algorithm and confirmation bias at work.
Someone that still uses Facebook should post this there
Can someone develop a tool that automatically screens TOS and small print for apps and warns you of agreeing to shit like this?
Do we have any info about this being used by any app, or any details about the tech at all? We have an archived version of a deleted ad from a suspicious company. Do we know it even exists and wasn't a prospective ad to judge interest that went nowhere?
Yeah, that's how you creep me the fuck out and I don't buy your shit.
- Good luck.
Wasn't this a thing like 1-2 years ago, that was completely unverified, from a different Facebook advertiser?
a lot of people called me crazy for saying that.
google does it too.
apple definitely does it too.
- I'm not crazy about ads, it can be nice when they're effective for the right reasons. That said, a break in happened at my estate once and the only evidence I needed or could secure was because I left my phone at home that day

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