One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.
  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    “Meta does not use your phone’s microphone for ads and we’ve been public about this for years,” the statement read. “We are reaching out to CMG to get them to clarify that their program is not based on Meta data.”

    Ah, yes. The tried and true defense of “we’ve denied it for years and continue to deny it” must be credible coming from a source as trustworthy as Facebook. I hear they’re planning on holding a press conference to pinky swear they’re not listening to the microphone they demand access to in order to show you ads that make them money.

      • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        20·
        11 months ago

        Even what they said could be true without applying to phones. They said “smart devices” a lot. They never said “smart phone”.

        There are a lot of IoT devices, some of which have microphones, a lot less secure than either iPhone or Android.

      • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        The fundamental question is, “Do you trust Facebook?” They have the resources to manipulate the story and twist the truth. They have the capability to spy on you with mics, but they say they don’t do so. Do you trust them?