Facebook wants to slide ads into your DMs according to new patent application

If you've ever felt like Facebook was literally listening to your conversations, you're really not going to like its newest idea.

A new patent filing details how Facebook could place targeted advertising inside of private conversations in Messenger. The company has allowed businesses to run ads in its messaging app for some time, but has stopped short of placing ads inside of users' private conversations.

The patent application, however, suggests the company may be thinking about significantly escalating the amount of advertising in its chat application. 

The application, which was filed in April but made public today, describes ways in which businesses could use location data and the content of conversations to surface targeted ads directly in users' chats via a "plug-in." Read more...