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In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone's Microphone to S

One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.

After 404 reached out to Google about its partnership, the tech giant removed the media group from the site for its " Partners Program," which prompted Meta, the owner of Facebook, to admit that it is reviewing CMG to see if it violates any of its terms of service. Last December, the independent news site not only put a marketing company on blast for boasting about such creepy tech on its podcast, but also revealed the existence of CMG's Active Listening feature. Beyond taking a big game, CMG did not cop to how it acquires its alleged voice data, instead saying only that it can identify users who are "ready-to-buy" and create targeted ad lists based on their interests.

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