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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

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In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

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One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

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Ngl man I’m not buying it. With all the protections in mobile OSes against this exact kind of thing it straight up doesn’t seem possible

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