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Oh, and this has nothing to do with Facebook's atrocious behavior in all things privacy?

by CaptainZapp 12y ago

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Kind of OT but take a look at this [0]. They've actually just announced good privacy changes. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7783609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7783609
Karunamon 12y ago
Unless your fear is that Facebook wants to record your conversations on the sly, then yes, that is a completely insane thing to be worried about, and I'd ask for proof. Facebook doing what Shazam does doesn't somehow make it more skeevy.
- ForHackernews 12y ago
  > Unless your fear is that Facebook wants to record your conversations on the sly Why wouldn't they do that? They could get more valuable marketing data. If they run voice recognition software, they can automatically pick out brand names, or listen in if you're talking about upcoming purchases. Maybe they overhear you having a fight with your spouse, so they can position ads for divorce attorneys when you log in to Facebook. > Facebook doing what Shazam does doesn't somehow make it more skeevy. Yes, it does, because Facebook is inherently a way skeevier company than Shazam. All you have to do is look at their history to date to see that.
- Nursie 12y ago
  Or, you know, just track everything you do by listening, building up ever more details on you. >> Facebook doing what Shazam does doesn't somehow make it more skeevy. Of course it does.
  - timdorr 12y ago
    I'm sure Shazam and SoundHound just throw away all that useful metadata too...
    - CaptainZapp 12y ago
      I'm sure they don't. On the other hand they are not in a position to combine it with a truckload of your (partially at least) most intimate data, sucked up with all their other data gathering ventures. For what it's worth: I'm putting my money where my mouth is and "deleted" my Facebook account years ago.

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Oh, and this has nothing to do with Facebook's atrocious behavior in all things privacy?

by CaptainZapp 12y ago

Oh, and this has nothing to do with Facebook's atrocious behavior in all things privacy?

k-mcgrady 12y ago
Kind of OT but take a look at this [0]. They've actually just announced good privacy changes. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7783609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7783609
Karunamon 12y ago
Unless your fear is that Facebook wants to record your conversations on the sly, then yes, that is a completely insane thing to be worried about, and I'd ask for proof. Facebook doing what Shazam does doesn't somehow make it more skeevy.
- ForHackernews 12y ago
  > Unless your fear is that Facebook wants to record your conversations on the sly Why wouldn't they do that? They could get more valuable marketing data. If they run voice recognition software, they can automatically pick out brand names, or listen in if you're talking about upcoming purchases. Maybe they overhear you having a fight with your spouse, so they can position ads for divorce attorneys when you log in to Facebook. > Facebook doing what Shazam does doesn't somehow make it more skeevy. Yes, it does, because Facebook is inherently a way skeevier company than Shazam. All you have to do is look at their history to date to see that.
- Nursie 12y ago
  Or, you know, just track everything you do by listening, building up ever more details on you. >> Facebook doing what Shazam does doesn't somehow make it more skeevy. Of course it does.
  - timdorr 12y ago
    I'm sure Shazam and SoundHound just throw away all that useful metadata too...
    - CaptainZapp 12y ago
      I'm sure they don't. On the other hand they are not in a position to combine it with a truckload of your (partially at least) most intimate data, sucked up with all their other data gathering ventures. For what it's worth: I'm putting my money where my mouth is and "deleted" my Facebook account years ago.