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[quote=Anonymous]Saw this story today and recalled posts on here about apps “reading minds.”  Found this one just as something to think about.

https://theoutline.com/post/3947/wylie-its-possible-that-the-facebook-app-is-listening-to-you?zd=1&zi=j7som5fo

[quote]During an appearance before a committee of U.K. lawmakers today, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie breathed new life into longstanding rumors that the Facebook app listens to its users in order to target advertisements.
Damian Collins, a member of parliament who chaired the committee, asked whether the Facebook app might listen to what users are discussing and use it to prioritize certain ads.
“That’s probably a question for Facebook,” Wylie said.
But, Wylie said in a meandering reply, it’s possible that Facebook and other smartphone apps are listening in for reasons other than speech recognition. Specifically, he said, they might be trying to ascertain what type of environment a user is in in order to “improve the contextual value of the advertising itself.”[/quote][/quote]

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