Facebook's new music recognition feature is like social eavesdropping

Facebook just announced a new feature that’s being marketed as “a new way to share,” but it’s ominous at best. Imagine: you’re in a cafe and a song comes on that you don’t even know or like – Facebook can recognize that song and it will help you create a new status update using that information.

Unlike most other features the social network has introduced, the app update is not a default feature. Users must turn it on in order to publicly share whatever music or movie they might be experiencing.