return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIn Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mentionfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down119
arrow-up1448arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareCapricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWouldn’t want to be mean to Facebook users, but the vast majority of them probably has micophone access enabled for Messenger at least, if not Facebook.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis comment inspired me to go turn off microphone, camera, Bluetooth, and local network access for every app. I’ll reenable as necessary.
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 month agoJust leave it on for whatever runs your phone calls. I emabarrasingly discovered that the phone app NEEDS microphone access lol.
Wouldn’t want to be mean to Facebook users, but the vast majority of them probably has micophone access enabled for Messenger at least, if not Facebook.
This comment inspired me to go turn off microphone, camera, Bluetooth, and local network access for every app. I’ll reenable as necessary.
Just leave it on for whatever runs your phone calls. I emabarrasingly discovered that the phone app NEEDS microphone access lol.