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A comment on Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook is listening?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by ghughes on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:06PM (#15777982)
Or in other words, they are listening, just not to your voice. Their product is an intelligence-gathering apparatus that works at scale without microphones or other traditional surveillance tools.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone tried to debunk the myth that Facebook... by godelski on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:51PM (#15778198)
I'd phrase that as "they're watching" not listening. More like having a private eye tail you. They can't hear exactly what you say (well maybe) but they sure do see everything you do.
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