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by HalfwayToDice 3412 days ago
^ the original poster has made an absurd extreme claim, that Facebook listens to your microphone and serves adverts depending on what it hears.

It's not up to me to disprove such an absurd extreme claim, it's up to the OP to prove it.

That's how the world works, or else everyone would spend their entire lives having to disprove the claims of cranks and conspiracy theorists.
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yosamino 3412 days ago
How is it "absurd extreme" though ?

Things like Amazon Echo exist and are used for all sorts of purposes, including making purchases and being available for law enforcement.

Gmail is an advertising company who actively listens in on the conversations you have on on their services (i.e. gmail) and uses it to display ads.

Facebook is an advertising company and data mines the hell out of all the data about you they can get their hands on to be able to sell targeted ads.

The specific use-case of "listening to you talk with your mouth, analyzing it and then showing you ads based on it" might not be explicitly be mentioned in the Facebook TOS, but it's the very natural extension of their business model keeping in pace with technology.

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iklos55 3412 days ago
Well that is correct. But I was not answering OP, I was commenting on your pointless statement. I'm fully aware that this is not how the world works.

You haven't answered any of my questions so there's that.

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HalfwayToDice 3412 days ago
If someone says that lizard aliens rule the world, then I don't need to prove or explain why not. I can simply say that it is absurd, and that such extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Everything on this page has been "I talked about x and then I saw an advert for x a few days later". It's absurd cringe.
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Jill_the_Pill 3412 days ago
The OP did not make an absurd extreme claim. He or she asked for evidence attempting to diagnose whether it's true. You reject the commenters' anecdotal evidence.
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iklos55 3412 days ago
Take your pity fights to reddit ffs. Most of us are here for evidence-based discussion. (OP gave source, you rejected it)
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HalfwayToDice 3412 days ago
"Most of us are here for evidence-based discussion."

So far the evidence has been "I talked about x and a few days later I saw an advert for x".

It's absurd cringy nonsense.

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