05.06.2014 - 18:30 [ Business Insider ]

Facebook‘s New Feature Has Users Thoroughly Creeped Out

Facebook recently rolled out a new feature that‘s leaving some users speechless and others running to sign a petition to have it removed, news.com.au reports.

The social network‘s new quirk allows its mobile app to turn on your smartphone‘s microphone, listen in on what‘s around you. Facebook identifies the music or TV shows it hears, and can tell the world you‘re currently „Listening to Iggy Azalea“ if it hears you bumping „Fancy.“