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    1. Boz‏Verified account @boztank Feb 7
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      Replying to @ID_AA_Carmack @TimSweeneyEpic @ZackInTheBx88

      I promise you none of this is happening to serve ads today, almost certainly a coincidence at present

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    2. David Heaney‏ @Heaney555 Feb 7
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      Replying to @boztank @ID_AA_Carmack and

      "today" "at present"pic.twitter.com/TMSNIdPU0r

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    3. Boz‏Verified account @boztank Feb 7
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      Replying to @Heaney555 @ID_AA_Carmack and

      I can’t promise it will never happen, but right now no small company could and if any major company did it they would have to say so very loudly. It honestly wouldn’t be as valuable as people seem to think.

      1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
    4. Ian Hamilton #UVRShowcase June 8‏ @hmltn Feb 7
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      To be clear this wasn’t ever done in the past by FB either?

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    5. Boz‏Verified account @boztank Feb 7
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      Replying to @hmltn @Heaney555 and

      Correct.

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    6. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 8
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      Replying to @boztank @hmltn and

      Thanks for your transparency on this. The gyro speculation aside, there is one question at the core of all this. Does Facebook ever drive ads using microphone data captured on smartphones by either Facebook or third parties, other than in direct response to a voice search?

      3 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
    7. Boz‏Verified account @boztank Feb 8
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @hmltn and

      No

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    8. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 8
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      Replying to @boztank @hmltn and

      That’s super clear, thanks. What mechanisms are in place to prevent unethical third parties from gathering smartphone voice data surreptitiously and using it to generate a Facebook audience for advertisers to target?

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    10. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 8
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      Advertisers absolutely can target identified individuals. That's the core problem here, right? Facebook can profit from eavesdropping on conversations without doing it themselves, since other companies do that and sell the data to target Facebook ads. https://www.facebook.com/business/help/170456843145568?id=2469097953376494 …

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 8
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @boztank and

      Most businesses have supply chain protections ensuring they don't broker ill-gotten goods. If you pull up to Walmart in a truck full of merchandise of unknown origins, they won't take it. But anybody can send Facebook a batch of user identifiers and target them for ads, right?

      10:22 AM - 8 Feb 2020
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        1. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 8
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          This is what I was referring to earlier as "data laundering". A bunch of spyware apps and spyware plugins to naive but otherwise legit apps gather data surreptitiously. It's fed through a web of data brokers, ultimately surfacing ads for major brands on Facebook.

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