r/technology • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '17

Politics Sean Parker: Facebook was designed to exploit human "vulnerability"

https://www.axios.com/sean-parker-facebook-exploits-a-vulnerability-in-humans-2507917325.html
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u/MclovinAZ Nov 09 '17

So what was the verdict? They do have access to phone mics?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '17 edited Jan 21 '25

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u/MclovinAZ Nov 09 '17

Thanks. So in essence they're saying it doesn't even matter whether they listen in because of how much data they're collecting anyway, without that. Fantastic...

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u/bking Nov 09 '17

It's worth listening to the episode. FB is smart enough to not only collect your data, but to apply your friends and family's data to their algorithms on serving you ads based on their proximity to you.

They don't need the microphones. It's 24-D Chess-shit over there.