Rumors That Facebook Is Secretly Recording You Refuse to Die

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Why should they die until somebody with 0 conflict of interest does a proper test: Speak targeting words in front of 10 random phones and check ads 3 days later.

For example, aside from simple dishonesty, one possible explanation is that this "commercial-recognition" software is so shoddy it "mistakes" conversations for commercials.

Lol what did they expect when they launched that microphone-based feature