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> I can't believe people legitimately think Facebook is spying on them through microphones. But why? There is a specific feature inside the Facebook app that d
by cryptoz 10y ago
> I can't believe people legitimately think Facebook is spying on them through microphones.
But why? There is a specific feature inside the Facebook app that does exactly this: listens to ambient sound around you to hear the TV ads, radio ads, etc that it can identify to know more about you.
Since Facebook has built a feature into the app that makes it so that the microphone listens to your life, I can easily understand why people think it's spying on you by listening to your microphone. Because it does.
- SallySwanSmith 10y ago> There is a specific feature inside the Facebook app that does exactly this: listens to ambient sound around you to hear the TV ads, radio ads, etc that it can identify to know more about you. Citation needed.
- ORioN63 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13252761 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13252761
- zardeh 10y ago>Nope, if you choose to turn this feature on, it will only use your microphone (for 15 seconds) when you’re actually writing a status update to try and match music and TV. It doesn't do ambient recording. Its basically shazaam.