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My question was NOT "Does Facebook use the phone's microphone to inform ads or change what we see in the News Feed?". It seems you have misunderstood my questio
by denzil_correa 9y ago
My question was NOT "Does Facebook use the phone's microphone to inform ads or change what we see in the News Feed?". It seems you have misunderstood my question. Let me repeat my question again :
"What does Facebook use data gathered from user microphones across any devices for?"
- sosborn 9y ago"When did you stop beating your wife?"
- Dylan16807 9y agoNo, it's not a loaded question. It's much more like "list everything you've punched". Maybe with "in my house" appended as an analogy to it being user microphones. The question does not presume any misuse. It just leaves no room for implications.
- ajdlinux 9y agoTo allow people to post audio/video messages in Messenger?
- scarlac 9y agoI understand what you're asking and you do have to be particularly aware of what /you/ are asking. That particular question, in context of these allegations, would presuppose that they use microphone data for something other than what the user clearly is aware of, e.g. voice chat. So an answer like "to provide users the service they need" would undeniably be spun by media to be: Facebook uses microphone to tweak news feed. The longer the answer is, the more likely it can be misunderstood and taken out of context. You shouldn't expect a public company to answer questions like that, simply because the media will gladly take the answer out of context. You need to phrase it specifically, so they can answer without being misunderstood.