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In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention (futurism.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I don't have fb or the youtube app and haven't for years... so I'm not sure what was doing it. I have ublock origin now, so if it's still happening I wouldn't know.

Honestly the thought of them pouring that much money into r&d and launching that spyware just to have us plebs block the end result(ads) does feel kinda good at least.