how the New York Post reports, Facebook can secretly drain its users’ cell phone batteries to conduct tests. At least that’s what a former employee of the Meta Group claims in a lawsuit. For a long time it was assumed that the already known phenomenon was due to a bug that Meta had not yet been able to fix.
The practice, known as “negative testing,” allows tech companies to put more strain on smartphone battery power to test features or issues. This happens without the cell phone users noticing. For example, it tests how fast an app runs or how an image might load, data scientist George Hayward told the New York Post. Because Hayward refused to participate in those negative tests, he was released, he claims in federal court in Manhattan.
