Facebook says no, it’s not using your phone’s microphone to spy on you

[Jack]

Content source

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/06/06/facebook-says-no-its-not-using-your-phones-microphone-to-spy-on-you/

Facebook knows a lot about you, from your friends and likes, detailed demographic data and the web pages you visit.

It uses that information to serve its customers – i.e., the companies who pay Facebook to get their ads in front of the billion-plus people who use the social network for “free.”

Despite all the private information Facebook accesses, the company says it doesn’t spy on your conversations through your phone’s microphone to serve you ads or News Feed articles, according to a statement Facebook published last Thursday (2 June).

Rumors that the Facebook mobile app uses your microphone to record private conversations have dogged the social media giant since 2014, when it introduced a feature to identify and share the songs you’re listening to or TV shows you’re watching.

Facebook also denied rumors in 2014 that the Messenger app was recording video and audio.

In its recent statement, Facebook said it will only access a device’s microphone when you give the app permission and if you are “actively using a specific feature that requires audio,” such as recording a video or using the music listening feature.

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[_CyberGhosT_]

With the wealth of information freely surrendered by FB users i tend
to believe FB on this one, they don't need to access the Mic, they have
to process mounds of data and meta data already that is freely handed
to them daily.
Nice share Jack.

 

[Frank Caffrey]

I don't know whats up with all the internet surveillance these days. i don't feel safe these days online as i used to be in 2000 beginning.

 

[DardiM]

Facebook ? I left this site for a long time

 

[Deleted member 178]

Facebook mobile app uses your microphone to record private conversations? they don't need to do that ,users do it for them

 

[jamescv7]

That is so unethical and definitely Facebook will deny any claims considering an algorithm is available upon pending the permission to access like Phone Microphone.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

It is jamescv7, I agree but they can only do what the user allows.
I altered my info and closed mine awhile back. Now I Tweet lol

 

[OC-Rat11]

I would never sign up for Facebook. It bugs me that I dependent on Google's ecosystem (another data vacuum).