Big Brother Zuck: Lawsuit accuses Facebook of using phone cams to spy on Instagram users

J. Edward Moreno
The Hill
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:04 UTC

Instagram and its parent company Facebook are being sued for allegedly spying on users with their mobile phone cameras.

The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco federal court Thursday by a New Jersey Instagram user Brittany Conditi who claimed Facebook accesses mobile cameras while users are on the app "to collect lucrative and valuable data on its users that it would not otherwise have access to."

"By obtaining extremely private and intimate personal data on their users, including in the privacy of their own homes, [Facebook is] able to increase their advertising revenue by targeting users more than ever before," the lawsuit alleges.

"For example, [Facebook is] able to see in-real time how users respond to advertisements on Instagram, providing extremely valuable information to its advertisers."

The lawsuit comes after reports that emerged this summer that an Instagram bug appeared to have allowed the company to access iPhone cameras even when they weren't actively being used. Facebook at the time said that they were working on addressing the bug.

This summer Facebook was also sued in a class-action lawsuit for its use of facial recognition technology. Facebook eventually offered $650 million as a settlement.

Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

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system · 2020-09-18T19:10:04Z

Mark Zuckerberg illegally spies on, censors and hacks the devices of Americans and people around the world. He therefore violates our civil rights and threatens the U.S. Constitution, which every soldier in America is sworn and authorized to protect. Zuckerberg, I hope you’re reading this. If you take issue with any of what I’ve written here, contact me and let’s meet face to face to talk it out. I won’t subject you to violence, unless you want to resolve it that way, in which case I’ll even let you throw the first punch. Otherwise, we’ll just talk. Are you afraid? If I don’t hear from you and you don’t come meet me one on one, face to face, like a man, I’ll forever consider you a pathetic little coward.

baron · 2020-09-19T01:42:42Z

Luis_M. I think he's a zombie, and his handler is his so-called Chinese Wife, so he's probably a mind controlled reject. I mean just look at the freak. He's a freak show and a half. Ever seen the picture of him walking with his legs bent forwards?

I don't care what anyone say's this is not humanly possible

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maddleswankie · 2020-09-19T07:33:04Z

"Facebook at the time said that they were working on addressing the bug."

Funny how it is described as "Bug" when Face-Ache's spying has yet again been exposed.

I wonder if the boys that have sex with their teachers get Straight A's? as a reward.

Kimster

"Parsi also claims to have heard from a Western-friendly "senior Global South diplomat" that "whatever agonizing claim the US had to lead a...

ReRan

Their spelling is wrong. Shouldn't it be attack'ems ?

Needless, wanton violence. So sad.

Depopulation agenda is well under way....less stupid humans might be better.

Gator

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Big Brother Zuck: Lawsuit accuses Facebook of using phone cams to spy on Instagram users

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