Simon Willison on Nostr: There's a new bout of "Facebook are listening to you through your microphone to serve ...

There's a new bout of "Facebook are listening to you through your microphone to serve targeted ads, no really we have proof now!" discourse, and I'm revisiting my long-term hobby of trying (and failing) to convince people that this isn't happening

It's fascinating to me how hard it is to talk people out of believing this one - there was a podcast episode about exactly this challenge back in 2017 and it's still true today https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/z3hlwr