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In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention (futurism.com)

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[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a reasonable explanation, and what I typically assume to be true. Still, I'm curious about the actual mechanics, and if it potentially could be being done by Google without the larger tech industry being aware of it.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe technically-inclined people could monitor the traffic that exits the phone, or at least passes through the router.

Audio recordings would be larger than the kinds of stuff that's just sent passively.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

They can and do. Nobody has shown evidence of this happening.