Fears over Facebook's new listening feature becoming 'yet another spying tool'

Danny Palmer
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Social network unveils addition to smartphone app to enable 'easier sharing' but sceptics warn about potential privacy concerns

Facebook has unveiled a new feature for its smartphone application that'll enable it to "listen" to user's music and TV shows, which has raised concerns that it could allow the app to be used for u...

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