It is no secret that sometimes the battery of our telephone mobile runs out faster than normal, in most cases, because hundreds of uploads and downloads have already been made previously, but in other cases it may be a problem with the applications that we have installed.
Well, if you ever thought that the Facebook app or Facebook Messenger had drastically drained the battery of your device, now you probably have the answer.
According to a former Facebook employee, specifically, George Haywarda data scientist, Facebook would have been draining the battery of certain mobile phones, on purpose, in a test that has come out right now in a lawsuit.
As reported The New York PostThis test is known as a “negative test” and allows certain tech companies to secretly drain the battery of a random user’s phone to test features in the app.
George Hayward was previously fired for Meta for allegedly refusing to participate in these negative tests and subsequently filed suit against the company itself in Manhattan Federal Court.
They consider it an illegal practice
In the lawsuit, George Hayward’s attorney, Mr. Dan Kaiserhas pointed out that “drain the battery of users’ phones, put people at risk especially in circumstances where they need to communicate with others, including police or rescue workers”.
The lawyer adds thatmost people don’t know that Meta and other companies can deplete their battery intentionally”, adding that it is “clearly illegal and outrageous that my phone battery can be tampered with by anyone”.
Meta, previously, gave this employee, when he was working in the company, a document in which he spoke of the negative tests, adding that “I have never seen a more horrible document in my career”.
Be that as it may, they are accusations from one part of the lawsuit, and we will have to wait if Meta rules on this hypothetical practice.
