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> A Facebook exec's claim doesn't count as proof. How about an official statement from Facebook itself over a year ago[1]? If it was true, people could find ou
by kevinnk 9y ago
> A Facebook exec's claim doesn't count as proof.
How about an official statement from Facebook itself over a year ago[1]? If it was true, people could find out by decompiling the app and make Facebook look absolutely horrible.
[1] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/h/facebook-does-not-use-your-phones-microphone-for-ads-or-news-feed-stories/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/h/facebook-does-not-use-your-ph...
- duozerk 9y ago> How about an official statement from Facebook itself over a year ago That also doesn't count as proof; it carries barely more weight than the Facebook exec's statement. However, you're quite right about the decompiling argument. And chances are that security researchers have done just that.
- kevinnk 9y agoIt's one thing to lie, it's another thing to lie about something that could easily be found out and possibly get them sued. The risk/reward ratio seems way too high for Facebook to lie (unless they were forced to.) That's obviously not proof, but it seems like pretty strong evidence.