Facebook has again denied eavesdropping on conversations to target adverts, following persistent speculation on the part of users who have received suspiciously timed promotional messages.Rob Goldman, the head of advertising at the social network, issued the denial in response to a question from the host of tech podcast Reply All. I run ads product at Facebook. We dont and have never used your microphone for ads. Just not true, Goldman tweeted. He later added that the denial holds true for Facebooks other social network, Instagram, as well.The allegation that Facebook secretly spies on users to better profile them for advertising is long-running and hard to kill for the social network. The rumour appears to have started in May 2014 when the company launched a feature for its smartphone app called Identify TV and Music, whoch listens for ambient noise when a user is writing a status update.
Source: Facebook denies eavesdropping on conversations to target ads, again | Technology | The Guardian
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