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Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2025
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Oh, I wish that were so.
Any data breaches in the news, today? Of course there is..
The odds are good that whenever you (or anyone) read this comment, there's a verified data breach that hit the news this week and isn't getting any serious national coverage, or any television coverage at all. Even odds are that it's actually from today, regardless of when someone reads this.
I don't know what your pocketbooks look like, but I don't have the finances to hold any of these companies accountable.
I do have a half-dozen different legal settlements worth of (3 years each of) identity fraud protection service offers.
Edit: Oh, you maybe mean specifically if a voice recording was leaked. If so, you're right, that would be huge news.
My legal recourse would remain exactly what it currently is, though. Three more years of low quality identify theft insurance.
Data breaches are already commonplace, though. People don't really care about that, so news outlets don't care to cover it.
This is vastly different and would be a new thing that everyone would be interested in hearing about. So many people think that this is happening, but have no proof. They would love to be able to say "See! There's finally proof! I told everyone!"