Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said a lot of things during the Congressional hearings this week, one of which was: “No, Facebook does not use your phone microphone to listen in on your conversations and ...

Go to the Settings app. Scroll down to Facebook, tap it. Tap “Settings” Turn off the slider for Microphone (slider should be grey instead of green) Go to Settings ...

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As Facebook tries to get ahead of public pressure about what the service does and doesn’t track about its users, a patent application has emerged which would enable something that the service’s ...

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If you care about your privacy and want to prevent your smartphone from "spying" on your conversations through the apps installed, you can check out below how to disable the microphone for the ...