Does @facebook use audio from phone microphones for targeted advertising? If so, it’s brilliant and a bit unsettling. Friends are talking about it on twitter and I thought I’d ask the people who might actually know.
No they do not.
Most likely they do, and also your location and pictures/videos. Otherwise how do they know everything about you?
Yes... talk about some stuff 5-6 times, u will start seeing ads for that
lol no think for like 5s about what that would entail
No way to do that on iPhone If you're on Android then die
I figured it was just confirmation bias. Also it sounds like too much work/expense to be worth it. Just image the amount of audio data fb would have to process with all its users. Then there is the fundamental problem fb has always had. How do they figure out what text is economically relevant? If they have so much trouble really monitoring peoples interactions on fb as they do now, imagine the problem of trying to monetize people’s conversations. That’d be like reading minds.
Audio data isnt much. Especially if the data is mono and 8k pcm, which is generally good enough for speech synthesis. Transcription isn't very hard. The resources is. You can build a model in the device to only upload audio with voice in it. Sample the audio do dsp and check. I mean I can tell you for a company with 500 billion in market capital, this issue is doable technically if they want to. What can they learn from it is questionable and of low value. People speak, but don't speak much commerical intent. That's where fb makes money. I think what prevents them is the privacy blowback.
No.
lol what. No. Also For iPhone, to use the mic a colored bar will appear at the top. Kind of like when hotspot is on. Or you’re in a call.
No, how would they be able to pull that off? 100% confirmation bias.
Not that I know of