Facebook denies spy on users using their smartphones Microphones

There is a theory floating around Facebook that the company uses microphones in our smartphones to listen to users. As a result, the company can help drive targeted ads to users based on what they may be interested in right now.

We are sure that many users can believe in this theory when opening Facebook to see ads about a product or service they have just talked about. Facebook has denied this on more than one occasion, but this theory will not die, so much so that it was put up again during the Facebook CEO's testimony before Congress.

Senator Gary Peters asked Mr. Mark Zuckerberg about the targeted ads and whether they were based on the votes obtained from the target users. Mark Zuckerberg replied: "We do not. Senator, let me be clear on this. You are talking about the theory that has been circulated about that we are listening to what is going on with the microphone. We do not do that. "

Moreover, Mark Zuckerberg explained that the only time the sound is recorded is when people use the app to record videos to upload on Facebook: "We allow people to capture and share videos on their devices. The videos also have sound. We do this, while you take video to make the service better by making sure you have sound. This is very clear ".

We are not sure whether his statement is enough to make conspiracy theories disappear, but at least in the public record.