News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or News Feed Stories. Parent comment

Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by obamaway on Friday June 03, 2016 @07:50PM (#11834079)
What is particularly bothersome about Obama is that he is very good at misleading with lying. He says "NSA cannot target your e-mails" when he knows that NSA is actively collecting emails, but not by specifically targeting.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by Cyph0n on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:08PM (#11834161)
I'm sure his staff are the ones that come up with the exact wording, but he's definitely partly to blame.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by xviia on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:12PM (#11834170)
Truly the most transparent administration in history.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by jdavis703 on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:30PM (#11834250)
Any examples of ones that were more transparent?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by matt4077 on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:42PM (#11834280)
Many, I believe, even as quite the Obama-fan. Secret courts & laws is a pretty recent development, so is the reliance on controlled social media vs. uncontrollable media.

I just met George Packer (writer @Atlantic) who said the greatest failure of Obama may end up not dramatically downscaling the scope of the Oval office while he still had the chance. The office has grown so powerful it's a dangerous tool in the hands of anyone less benevolent than the current officeholder.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by pixelperfect on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:03PM (#11834550)
Any of them from the past few decades. Obama's administration has made secret courts and laws more common than ever before while prosecuting a record number of whistleblowers.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by bitL on Friday June 03, 2016 @09:34PM (#11834467)
He didn't lie. He deflected by using "targeting" and he was right.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Facebook Does Not Use Your Phone’s Microphone for Ads or ... by Teever on Friday June 03, 2016 @09:44PM (#11834494)
It would be great if this conversation didn't decay into a semantic argument about the definition of lying.
[ Parent | on HN ]