I wish the media would stop lying about everything! We need them more than ever and yet they write click-bait headlines that misrepresent the facts ALL THE TIME. Stop it!
The headline here is a lie. The body of article says it clearly (surprisingly). Facebook was NOT listening to you like a constant hot mic. It was using human contractors to train Machine Learning algorithms for voicemail transcription using recorded de-identified snippets of voicemails. This wasn’t even used for ad targeting.
This is NOT a big deal nor is it surprising if you know ANYTHING about anything.
This makes me so, so angry.
Why?
Because the is undermining our faith in basic tools and technologies, driving paranoia, undermining the work and value of well meaning builders and eroding our trust in the critical sources of information we need about the world - all for some clicks.
The media plays a critical role in a democracy. Do some research on how and why. If they fail us then all is lost.
