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reporter: a little scary, patti ann. facebook has this new feature in its mobile app that some are calling useful and others creepy. regardless, it highlights the eaves eavesdropping nature of our smartphones using built-in microphones to figure out what music or shows we have on in the background. so in the coming weeks, if you turn the feature on, it will tell you what you re listening to and then share it on your news feed as if your friends care. and by the way, the song in the video that we re looking at now is the understanding by jones street station. why is facebook doing this? it wants to be the site where we talk about pop culture, and the company reassures us saying, quote, no sound is stored, and you will always get to choose whether row post to your friends. but the worry is what s facebook going to do with this information? is it going to sell it to advertisers? maybe even tv rating agencies? we don t know. it s the constant snooping by ....