In a startling revelation, a former employee of Facebook has alleged that the social media giant has designed tests that run in the background without the user’s knowledge and intentionally drain the batteries of smartphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
George Hayward, a data scientist who previously worked for Facebook has claimed that the Zuckerberg-owned social media platform indulges in a practice called negative testing used to secretly drain the batteries of smartphones on which the app is installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hayward told the New York Post, that Facebook engages in negative testing which is used to test different parameters of their apps and also for bug testing. Negative testing is used to determine how fast the apps run and open on different smartphones or to test image and video loading speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the flip side, the practice drains the batteries of a user\u2019s smartphone without their knowledge as they don\u2019t have the slightest idea that such a test is running in background on their device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read Also<\/strong>: Kanpur: 2 men break into shop, steal battery worth Rs 4 lakh, caught on cam | WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hayward has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in Manhattan\u2019s federal court for what he termed as a \u201charmful practice\u201d and claims he was sacked for questioning and refusing to participate in the illicit practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The data scientist worked on the Facebook Messenger app and claimed that he was fired for questioning the legality of negative testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The former Facebook employee claimed that he expressed his concerns about the practice to the manager, who reportedly shut him down by saying that \u201cby harming a few we can help the greater masses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hayward told The New York Post that he doesn\u2019t have an exact number of the users who were reportedly affected by this practice and revealed that Facebook has started negative testing as he was handed over an internal training document titled, \u201cHow to run thoughtful negative tests,\u201d containing examples of such experiments being carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n George Hayward told the post that he\u2019s never seen a more horrible document in his career. Facebook parent Meta is yet to address these allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kerala man gets 3 life sentences for raping, impregnating 15-year-old daughter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n