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Facebook admits: Apps were given users' permission to go into their inboxes

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Listening?

I wonder if Zuck will correct the record re: accusations that the FB app listens to microphone 24/7. I'd never heard that one until some senator asked him yesterday, and he dismissed it as a conspiracy theory. So I looked into it. There are videos demonstrating it. You should be able to see for yourself if you know someone with the app on their phone and auto-updates off. Fun prank if it works.

If it's true, I assume FB pushed out an update overnight to disable it. Or disabled it on the backend if they're smarter than I give them credit for.

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