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Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

@futurism.com important update to your story from September 2024 futurism.com/the-byte/fac... - the FTC just punished those companies for lying about how their technology works, they weren't listening through device microphones at all

futurism.comIn Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You MentionOne of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.
Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

Here's the FTC press release: www.ftc.gov/news-events/... "this service did not, in fact, listen in on consumers’ conversations or use voice data at all [...] Instead, the service the companies provided consisted of reselling—at a significant markup—email lists obtained from other data brokers."

ftc.govFTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” AI-Powered Marketing ServiceThe Federal Trade Commission will require Cox Media Group (CMG) and two smaller marketing firms to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations they deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer
Markus 🤓✨
@markus.maragu.dev

Let's see if @404media.co edit the article, publish a retraction or followup, or just silently let it slide. I think how they react or not will say a lot about them as a publication.

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