For years,Watch Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Online Instagram users have been wondering if the app uses your phone's microphone to listen to private conversations. After all, just about everyone who regularly uses Instagram has a story about a targeted ad showing up for something they spoke openly about not long before.
Facebook has long denied that it listens to its users, while investigations from people outside the company have failed to indisputably prove it. Still, Instagram head Adam Mosseri was asked about it in a rare TV interview on CBS This Morning, which aired Tuesday.
As you could expect, Mosseri insisted Instagram is not listening to you. The real answer, however, might not be all that comforting.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Mosseri said the two explanations for this phenomenon are "dumb luck" or people are speaking out loud about things they saw online, perhaps even subconsciously.
"So maybe you're really into food and restaurants. You saw a restaurant on Facebook or Instagram and you really like the thing," Mosseri said. "It's top of mind, maybe it's subconscious and then it bubbles up later. I think this kind of thing happens often in a way that's really subtle."
While that sounds perfectly reasonable based on what we know about digital ad algorithms, it doesn't make it that much less creepy. Instagram isn't listening to you, it just knows you saw things you might not even remember seeing online.
Sadly, that might still be more believable than the idea that Instagram is actively listening to your conversations. Former Facebook engineer Antonio Garcia Martinez wrote a piece for WIREDback in 2017 explaining how that would be logistically impossible. In short, the data requirements for Facebook or Instagram to listen to user conversations would be astronomical.
Instead, Facebook just harvests mildly unnerving data on your interests, which the app helpfully lets you see at any time.
Topics Cybersecurity Facebook Instagram Privacy
Keeping Hope Alive
Rereading “The Pat Conroy Cookbook”
Klaus Wittkugel, East German Master of Book Design
“Nasty Girl”: Part 2—Continuing the Reluctant Exegesis
Ryzen 5 1600X vs. 1600: Which should you buy?
On the Hundredth Anniversary of Henry James’s Death
On the Merits of Disturbing Literature
Letters from the Ransom Center’s Guy Davenport Collection
Best headphones deal: Save up to 51% on Beats at Amazon
Letters from the Ransom Center’s Guy Davenport Collection
Chinese scientists have cloned two monkeys to advance human medicine
This Is (Literally) the World’s Tiniest Book
Who Is Professor Bhaer, Really? Part 4 of 5
Puzzle Deadline Extended on Grounds of Extreme Difficulty!
Today's Hurdle hints and answers for April 17, 2025
Remembering Louis Marx and Company’s Presidential Figurines
When Homero Aridjis Was Ten, He Accidentally Shot Himself
Solve These Word Puzzles and Win a Free Subscription
Shop the Google Pixel Pro 9 for $200 off at Amazon
Honey! Who Would’ve Thought?
Vikings vs. Titans 2024 livestream: How to watch NFL onlineGreece vs. England 2024 livestream: Watch UEFA Nations League for freeSnapchat introduces location alerts for parents and their teensStuff Your Earbuds Day 2024: 48 hours of free audiobook dealsNYT Strands hints, answers for November 16Greece vs. England 2024 livestream: Watch UEFA Nations League for freeEarth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists sayMotoGP livestream: Watch the 2024 Barcelona Grand Prix for freeTennessee vs. Georgia football livestreams: kickoff time, streaming deals, and moreHow to watch every single 'Alien' movie online in 2024Early Best Buy Black Friday deal: Get $400 off an ASUS TUF 15.6Early Best Buy Black Friday deal: Get $400 off an ASUS TUF 15.6Today's Hurdle hints and answers for November 14Wordle today: The answer and hints for November 17Arkadium mini crossword answers for November 15NYT Strands hints, answers for November 15NYT Connections hints and answers for November 16: Tips to solve 'Connections' #524.Best Buy early Black Friday sale: Save $200 on a TCL QLED TVWales vs. Australia 2024 livestream: Watch Autumn Internationals for freeKansas vs. BYU football livestreams: kickoff time, streaming deals, and more Siri Dahl hosts 'Corn Telethon' to raise awareness against Project 2025 Best Kindle Scribe deal: Save $76 on Amazon Kindle Scribe and Premium Pen X deemed not important enough to face EU antitrust regulations Amazon accidentally unveils Colorsoft, the first color Kindle Best Dyson deal: Save $150 on the Dyson V15 at Amazon Home Depot sale: Get up to 40% off select items Amazon reveals Kindle Colorsoft: Pre Best AirPods deal: Get the new Apple AirPods 4 for just $168.99 Best Apple Pencil Pro deal: Save $39 Free Apple Intelligence upgrade likely arriving soon How to unblock xHamster for free When the Spotify Wrapped 2024 tracking period ends FCC investigating why broadband data caps are still a thing Best Garmin deal: Get the vívoactive 5 for $50 off Best poseable skeleton deals: Spook up your space with poseable skeleton deals Android 15 new features: See the full list. The best robot vacuum deals to shop post Prime Day Best Dyson deal: Get a refurbished Airwrap or Airstrait for under $250 Why is TikTok obsessed with the winter arc? Today's Hurdle hints and answers for October 17
2.1706s , 10110.4921875 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Watch Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Online】,Defense Information Network