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Facebook’s app appears to listen to people conversations via the microphones in smartphones.

The news comes at the same time that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked, probably using data from the LinkedIn hack in 2012, now offered for sale, to access his accounts.

Facebook immediately issue a strong denial that it engages in any such activity.

They (Facebook) denied eavesdropping on people’s conversations via their smartphones microphone.

"Facebook does not use your phone’s microphone to inform ads or to change what you see in News Feed. Some recent articles have suggested that we must be listening to people’s conversations in order to show them relevant ads. This is not true," the firm said.

"We show ads based on people’s interests and other profile information, not what you’re talking out loud about."

Facebook clarified that the only time it would ever access the microphone on a phone is if the user gave such permission.