New York Today, the Post published a very interesting story about a young data analyst who worked for Meta, or rather for its communication tool. MessengerGeorge Hayward worked on improving Messengerwhich belongs to the Met, formerly Facebook, when he was tasked with doing so-called negative testing. This is testing that tests the impact of new features on users' phones. These tests include extreme use of the user's phone battery, which leads to a rapid drain on the device. Since social networks and communication apps are often just templates into which online data is downloaded, these features are not under the control of even the companies Apple and Google as part of app update approvals.
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Facebook according to George Hayward, he applied negative testing in the form of extremely rapid battery discharge within his communication tool Messenger. “We told the manager that this could hurt someone,” Hayward said. His manager reportedly responded by saying that what might hurt a few people could help billions of others. Hayward said that Meta testing a feature on you that drains your battery extremely quickly could be a major problem because you’re at risk, especially if you need to call emergency services or the police.
This test is soonec refused to do it, while his colleagues attended and told his boss that it was illegal and it wouldn't go well. It really didn't go well, because the young man got fired from his job. It is because of this firing that Meta is now being sued, and strange practices are coming to light in court, which, according to a former employee, allegedlyance Meta is using it to test new features. Hayward also says he has no idea how many people are testing negative FacebookIt didn't affect the company, but he believes the company engaged in the practice because it was given an internal protocol called How to Conduct Deliberate Negative Tests, which not only contained information on how to conduct itself, but also examples of these experiments. Hayward said he had never seen a more frightening document.
A statement from Meta is not yet available, but due to the ongoing legal dispute, it is clear that we will see it soon.
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