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Your phone is not listening to you - C C - Feb 7, 2024
https://gizmodo.com/your-phone-is-not-listening-to-you-1851220787
INTRO: Have you ever talked about a product, and then suddenly got an ad for it on your phone? We’ve all been there, and then skeptically looked over our shoulders for the advertiser lurking in the shadow. But there’s no one there, so we all simply conclude that our phone must be listening to our conversations. You wouldn’t be crazy for thinking that, but it is flat-out wrong. Your phone is not listening to you.
The myth that your phone’s microphone is constantly on, and is listening to your conversations and selling that data to advertisers, is one of the most pervasive myths about technology. It didn’t help when a local advertising company falsely claimed, “It’s true. Your devices are listening to you,” in December. It was a complete lie, that CMG Local Solutions took off their site after 404 Media caught them red-handed. However, this myth originated a long time ago... (MORE - details)
RE: Your phone is not listening to you - Kornee - Feb 8, 2024
At the article end is an invite to see all the comments. Open it and start reading.....
Rob Braxman informs of how bad the overall omni-surveillance situation is:
https://www.youtube.com/@robbraxmantech/videos