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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 92 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

"Meta does not use your phone's microphone for ads and we've been public about this for years," the statement read.

Meanwhile:

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 180 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not defending Facebook, but if you record a video with sound, then the FB app has to have permission to record your audio.

That said, delete Facebook. Fuck Zuck.

[–] patrick@lemmy.jackson.dev 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is not the same thing as listening in the background.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nobody said it was the same thing as listening in the background. It's still relevant and important.

I trust that most adults understand the implications of an exploitable permission and a strong incentive to abuse it, as well as the track record of corporate denials.

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Using the permission to record audio triggers an on-screen indicator that the mic is recording. Someone would probably notice it on 24/7 recording. Someone would have also by now found the constant stream of network traffic to send the audio to be analyzed, because they also aren't doing that on-device.

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Meta said it does not, but what about 3rd parties…

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What a horrifying list of data collection. Fuck all that hahaha

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Why wouldn’t you want to share your fitness data with the company that will sell it to the company setting your health “insurance” premiums?