[cryoshon]

>As long as there is no uncontestable proof, the doubt must benefit Facebook.

they have a history of privacy violations

they have an incentive to snoop further

i see no reason to offer the benefit of the doubt to either hypothesis, as anecdotes do not constitute data

but for what it's worth, my hunch is that there's some extra snooping going on that has yet to be unearthed. might not be audio, necessarily.

[superbrama]

Interesting, curious to hear more. What techniques are you referring to? Some re-appropriation of mobile hardware for cross sensory applications? Data sharing of some kind?