Facebook Allegedly Spying On Instagram Users Via Camera
Facebook Allegedly Spying On Instagram Users Via Camera
Social media giant
Facebook, which has been mentioned with many privacy scandals in recent years
and had to pay million dollar fines in cases filed, is on the agenda this time
with privacy problems on Instagram.
Instagram user Brittany
Conditi, who lives in San Francisco, USA, took her to the court, claiming
that she was being watched on Instagram.
Conditi, who filed a
complaint with the federal court in San Francisco, said the phone was being
monitored through the camera.
Claiming that Facebook's
purpose is to collect data about users, the user claims that data is collected
from the phone's camera.
According to the complaint
submitted to the court, Facebook and Imstagram use the user data they obtain
for both market research and advertising purposes. Facebook, on the other
hand, has not yet made a statement about the allegations.
In another lawsuit filed in
the past months, Facebook was accused of stealing biometric data from more than
100 million Instagram users using facial recognition technology.
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