I was just talking with my mother on a short car journey about a spesific subject not really a common subject but I wont say what it is here.
Please note that I have never typed anything relating to this subject into a search or typed it in a facebook msg.
You know something like that happened to me, I watched the TV show Firefly on Netflix on my PS3 quite a lot over a weekend, and after that my Facebook news feed on my phone had adverts for some Firefly tshirts, I don't have anything to do with Firefly on Facebook and it's quite an old series now so it was very odd.
Myth: Facebook is always listening using your microphone.
Fact: Nope, if you choose to turn this feature on, it will only use your microphone (for 15 seconds) when you’re actually writing a status update to try and match music and TV.
http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2014/05/a-new-optional-way-to-share-and-discover-music-tv-and-movies/
Do you have a better source, I'm not convinced?
Looking at privacy guard on my phone it says Facebook has never used my microphone (only been installed since saturday). I might go to update my status and see if the mic kicks in.
Mainly anecdotal evidence like the OP's. A quick google will bring it up for you. I can't remember where I originally read the microphone thing, sorry. I think it was Reddit.
BTW Zethor, I'm not 100% claiming it's the microphone but it seems to make sense. I'm more than happy to be shown otherwise, though.![]()
That's as reliable as astrology, in example. I did google the subject but I haven't found much, the evidence is just not there which suggests this probably is a modern myth.
The burden of proof does not rest on the skeptic.![]()
I stand by,"I have never seen an advert like this before and I have never typed anything in reference to this"
*Promotes 15th Century Chinese Pottery on Facebook tomorrow hoping Gilly sees it*