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Facebook already sets up to share users' data
Facebook already sets up to share users' data
3/7/18
A
recent article shows a fact that Facebook has secretly shared users’ data to busiess
manufacturers, so why can not it provide information for a government to
protect national security. Vietnam’s Cybersecurity Law is not too excessive
when asking social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc to provide whose data
violates the country’s laws.
Facebook
has repeatedly denied tapping into phones microphones for targeted advertising, but just because it isn't doesn't mean
it can't. According to Metro, Facebook has applied for a controversial patent for
software that will allow smartphones to begin recording when they hear secret
messages hidden in TV ads.
As
reported by Mashable, Facebook could embed high-pitched audio signals in
broadcast content that -- while inaudible to humans -- could be deciphered by
smartphones, triggering them into recording "ambient audio" and
sending it back to Facebook. So you're watching TV, an advert comes on, then
Facebook gets a recording of your response to that advert -- assuming you
respond at all and aren't just sitting there with the glazed expression
prompted by most TV ads.
Unsurprisingly,
people are concerned about the patent, which essentially details invasive tech
not unlike that used by Spanish soccer league La Liga to spy on sports fans earlier this month. However, Facebook says
it has no intention of ever implementing the technology described in the
patent. In a statement, Facebook VP and Deputy General Counsel Allen Lo told us
that the patent had been filed "to prevent aggression from other
companies," and noted that "patents tend to focus on future-looking
technology that is often speculative in nature and could be commercialized by
other companies."
Lo
went on to say that the technology in this patent has not been included in any
of Facebook's products, "and never will be." So that's okay then.
Facebook is simply trying to protect us from other companies. Of course, when
Zuckerberg himself is known to cover up his equipment's webcams and mics, it's not hard to
see why some people might have trouble believing this./.
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All comments [ 2 ]
Don't be naive! Facebook or any corporate is willing to give up your data if get paid well.
Those technology giants just care about their benefit. Facebook has sold its users' privacy data to advertisement companies. Do not hallucinate about its business morality.
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