From CNET: Social media's targeted ads are so creepily good that people have long believed their apps are secretly recording their conversations. This isn't true -- and Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri posted a "myth-busting video" on Wednesday to tackle the myth head-on.
Mosseri says that Instagram listening to you would be "gross violation of privacy," and that you'd notice if it was, since it would noticeably drain your battery and the microphone notification would appear on your phone. (It's also banned by the federal Wiretap Act and by several state laws.)
Instead, Instagram's CEO lists a series of ways, including "pure coincidence," that it might seem that the ads served on the social media app appear as if they'd been ripped right from your private conversations:
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