Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated
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Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones

Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.

  • ominouslemon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    one of the test participants, who talked repeatedly about Volvo, did report that they were bombarded by advertising for the brand. This person did not even own a car, nor had they searched the Internet to buy a Volvo or any other kind of car.

    • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This has happened to me and my colleagues as well. You have a conversation and within hours, ads for things mentioned in the conversion shows up on web sites as ads.

      It was pretty scary the first time, but it has been going on so long that it seems normal now also.

      Fuck big tech.

    • EatMyDick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      Oh right, they definitely found so super secret spying functionally that armies of security researcher have missed. They must be super hackers or some shit 🤦‍♂️

      • ominouslemon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You know, I used to be very skeptical about this whole thing, like you are. But this is not the first report of this type I see, and I’m not so sure about it being a coincidence anymore