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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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[–] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it wasn’t in secret

Did I misread something? It even says in the title of the linked article, that it was a "secret project".

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it was secret in the sense they didn't want their competitors knowing about it.

It wasn't secret to people who were invited and signed up for the program.

[–] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was already ruled that they failed to sufficiently disclose which information was used and how.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/australia-court-fines-facebook-owner-meta-14-mln-undisclosed-data-collection-2023-07-26/