Zuckerberg tells Congress Facebook is not listening to you through your phone

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially shot down the conspiracy theory that the social network has some way of keeping tabs on its users by tapping into the mics on people's smartphones. During Zuckerberg's testimony before the Senate this afternoon, Senator Gary Peters had asked the CEO if the …

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