Facebook patents system that can use your phone’s mic to monitor TV habits
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/28/facebook-patent-phone-mic-listening-tv-shows
System would allow Facebook to identify what adults and children are watching based on ambient noise Facebook has patented a system that can remotely activate the microphone on someone’s phone using inaudible signals broadcast via a television. The patent application describes a system where an audio fingerprint embedded in TV shows or ads, inaudible to human ears, would trigger the phone, tablet or long-rumoured smart speaker to turn on the microphone and start recording “ambient audio of (...)
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