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Facebook Exec: 'Just Not True' That We Listen To Your Phone's Mic (theoutline.com)

Posted by msmash on from the what's-the-truth dept.

Adrianne Jeffries, writing for The Outline: Facebook executive stepped outside of official channels of communication last night by tweeting about a negative rumor that seems to keep resurfacing no matter how many times the company denies it. "I run ads product at Facebook. We don't - and have never - used your microphone for ads. Just not true," tweeted Rob Goldman, vice president of ads products at Facebook. That includes Facebook-owned Instagram, he said. Goldman was responding to a tweet from PJ Vogt, one of the co-hosts of the tech podcast Reply All, which is producing a segment about the persistent belief that Facebook spies on users through the microphone. Vogt had asked people to call in to share their stories of why they think Facebook may be using the microphone to collect information for advertisers.

3 of 152 comments (clear)

  1. I get it. by Type44Q · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just not true.

    So it is, then.

  2. He added by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He added "But thats a real good idea! Thanks!"

  3. Nothing from your microphone ... by powerlord · · Score: 3, Funny

    " ... now your Camera ... no comment. But we do not use information from your microphone"

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