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I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone (simonwillison.net)
submitted 2 years ago by Olap@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Not my title! I do think we are being listened to. And location tracked. And it's being passed on to advertisers. Is it apple though? Probably not is my take away from this article, but I don't trust plenty of others, and apple still does

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[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Perhaps they track who you talk to and show you ads that are relevant to those people, or their best guess based on two profiles.

I don't think there's a data center out there with a live audio stream of literally billions of always-on devices 24/7/365.

Perhaps there's some local processing first, but devices have permissions for apps, and lights that indicate the mic/camera is in use.

I figure someone would have figured it out by now (reverse engineering, decompiling code), or someone from Google/Apple/Samsung would have leaked it if it were true. Think of the number of people required to keep this secret.

[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And yet my android phone is able to detect what song is playing 24x7 without being a noticeable drain on the battery or using extra data. Doesn't seem far fetched to be able to do keyword spotting under the same constraints.

Here's one example of a company getting caught: https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/us/next-time-you-talk-on-your-phone-be-careful-facebook-and-google-are-listening-to-your-conversations/articleshow/113071827.cms