And this is why I'm glad I never installed the Facebook app on my phone. Facebook has been scummy so long it surprises me stuff like this surprises people.
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Facebook is secretly accessing your iPhone’s camera while just browsing news feed
- Thread starter NookSports
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1. it's really nothing to get worked up over
2. Facebook acknowledged this action is a bug within the app
This is only one of the many reasons people should (and did) quit Facebook. Tens of millions of user's data was sold and used for political gain without consent and you are questioning why anyone would be upset at them for it? Are you arguing in bad faith on purpose or do you have stock to lose?
It seems pretty clear that they're not actually recording you, but that the bug is related to having the camera open more quickly in the app.
If they were secretly recording your camera, Apple would not allow it and it would bepretty easy to catch.
Yeah, news outlets are not reporting on a bug in the Facebook app because Facebook paid them off lol. Damn, you caught 'em, this one must go all the way to the top.
This place gets more ridiculous by the day with their "old man yells at cloud" stance against tech company X, Y or Z who's business and technology they do not understand.
Well, to give an example.... if something potentially damning is happening at Disney, does anyone expect ABC News to report it?
Yeah probably, not sure how that's relevant to a bug in the Facebook app on one version of iOS though.
edit: oh, ABC is owned by Disney. Not American so had to look that up. That makes this conspiracy theory you've invented even crazier. Which Facebook owned news channel are you accusing of covering this up?
There's not a great alternative to multi-friends event planning and RSVPing. Also Facebook marketplace is better than craigslist.
A few things to note:
Finding excuses for Breitbart is an issue in itself. Speaking of Campbell Brown...
Why would someone who works for one of the richest people on Earth be afraid of Warren? Surely the rich have no bias towards preferred politicians, and we can absolutely believe that they will run factual, fair ads that don't require fact-checking anyways, because they are so obviously true!
Also:
A lot of Americans use Facebook for their news. Too many. It's not too difficult to understand why Facebook having any media sway whatsoever is dangerous. Again, this is a company that sold it's user data solely for the purpose of helping right-wing politics gain ground, and now Zuckerburg even boasts about meeting with Tucker Carlson. This is an issue. The fact that anyone still trusts this company is beyond parody.
I don't disagree with any of this, it's just irrelevant to this thread.
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Sensationalized media stories != reality.
The "user data" is FB profile info that any developer familiar with their API can access. None of it is particularly sensitive. Additionally, it's barely actionable unless they advertise on FB's own ad platform, which gives advertisers aggregated access to the same data for targeting and ad optimization purposes, anyway (you consent to that usage when you sign up).
And if the "tens of millions of user's data" was used in an aggregated way, again, why should any individual user care?