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> Researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk warn that “Facebook reads accelerometer data all the time. If you don't allow Facebook access to your location, the
by civilized 5y ago
> Researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk warn that “Facebook reads accelerometer data all the time. If you don't allow Facebook access to your location, the app can still infer your exact location only by grouping you with users matching the same vibration pattern that your phone accelerometer records.”
Really weaselly phrasing here. Seems designed to persuade you that FB is actually doing this.
Forbes is indeed barely readable clickbait garbage and has been for many years.