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

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technology@hexbear.netEnglish • 4 months ago

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

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Corpos abusing phone permissions to sell you stuff?

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