Facebook to Google Say NSA Spying Bill is Unacceptable

[phazed]

28. The NSA Doesn't Need To Hack Your Phone, just use the Facebook App - Ugh.

And then Facebook goes and does this.

I will quote Carl Denninger at his site market-ticker.org:

All you have to do is use Facebook while you're going somewhere or are somewhere and anyone who cares to can tap into the audio of whatever is going on around you!

Facebook’s mobile app just grew a keen sense of hearing. Starting Wednesday, the app has the ability to recognize music and television shows playing in the vicinity of users.

The feature is designed to make it easier for users to share. When users begin to write a post, the Facebook app will offer to include information about music or shows playing in the background.

Riiiiiight.

And that data is transmitted how securely? It's used.... how? We know this.... how?

Uh huh.

There's no need for the government to tap your phone or listen in wherever and whenever you are around your friends when you do it for them.

Of course those around you might not have given consent, but who cares about that, right? Wiretapping laws in some states requiring all party consent aren't an issue here because Facebook says so.... right?

Never mind just plain old-fashioned common decency.

**** you Facebook.

The news article listed is at: The Wall Street Journal

I find this quite disgusting myself.. not to mention, you will be uploading and receiving this data constantly - couple this with the what seems to be inevitable data caps and high pricing on internet services - why should "we" have to pay for that bandwidth which is nothing more than advertising? Ya.