Much of this we could guess from news about Facebook but most people assume that it is what you post and what you like and who you know publicly and intentionally that forms the basis for their soft sort of spying. Turns out not so soft after all. In fact this is the stuff spy thrillers are made of. One has to wonder who they will sell the technology to. Are they good guys? Will you know they are watching? Is it the police, FBI, NSA or the Russians?
After all it's just a product and just for profit and that's what business does. My suspicion born of some evidence, is that these and all such tools will be compiled into a suite of tools, packaged together with other kits and
AT&T spy tools to build an even better surveillance toolkit for private, corporate and state espionage and of course the NSA's total surveillance dream machine. Then of course
inevitably leaked it all to theives and corporate criminals to prey on the masses for elicit profits, start wars, corrupt elections, punish and destroy decent, empty bank accounts, take credit cards, copy private credencials and passwords, hijack your computers, steal billions. You know -- the usual thing.
Facebook has filed thousands of patent applications since it went public in 2012. One of them describes using forward-facing cameras to analyze your expressions and detect whether you’re bored or surprised by what you see on your feed. Another contemplates using your phone’s microphone to determine which TV show you’re watching. Others imagine systems to guess whether you’re getting married soon, predict your socioeconomic status and track how much you’re sleeping.
A review of hundreds of Facebook’s patent applications reveals that the company has considered tracking almost every aspect of its users’ lives: where you are, who you spend time with, whether you’re in a romantic relationship, which brands and politicians you’re talking about. The company has even attempted to patent a method for predicting when your friends will die.
By Sahil Chinoy, The New York Times
Be sure to click on this original article link below. It is really Creepy
https://nyti.ms/2MGqm7T
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