return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoIn Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mentionfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkIn Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mentionfuturism.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square179fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoExcept it’s not Facebook doing this, it’s Cox Media Group.
minus-squareone_knight_scripting@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoAndroid only solution, I think. Admittedly I don’t know I iPhone very well.
minus-squareripripripriprip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoAnecdotally, it’s not even a solution. I’ve run into “coincidental” ads without having the FB app installed (visiting FB via browser).
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-215 days agoThen they’ve installed a root kit on your computer because that’s the only way they could have access to your microphone, the web browser blocks it otherwise.
Except it’s not Facebook doing this, it’s Cox Media Group.
Android only solution, I think. Admittedly I don’t know I iPhone very well.
Anecdotally, it’s not even a solution. I’ve run into “coincidental” ads without having the FB app installed (visiting FB via browser).
Then they’ve installed a root kit on your computer because that’s the only way they could have access to your microphone, the web browser blocks it otherwise.