There was a Reply All episode on this conspiracy theory recently. My thing is, why does everyone get hung up on listening to the microphone? Facebook surveilla

There was a Reply All episode on this conspiracy theory recently. My thing is, why does everyone get hung up on listening to the microphone? Facebook surveillance of users and non-users alike is more powerful and creepier than listening in on the microphone! I mean at least people have some understanding of audio bugs. Nobody really understands the byzantine network of distributed opt-in web trackers and data brokers that Facebook uses to put together its compelling, yet deeply flawed dossier on every person.