Facebook could be listening to its users conversations through smartphone microphones, Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie says. He also addressed the longstanding internet theory that Facebook spies on its users to shape their advertising. But this data is used to target ads based on your location, not listen to your conversations, he explained. The social media giant has repeatedly denied using people’s microphones to target ads or tailor users’ news feeds. “Facebook does not use your phone’s microphone to inform ads or to change what you see in News Feed,” Facebook said in a statement in 2016.

Source: National Post March 28, 2018 23:15 UTC