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Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated. (english.elpais.com)
submitted 1 year ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.

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[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense

So, is the United States Department of Defense interested in some random dudes in Belgium, or Namibia? That US-centrism is sickening sometimes.

[–] some_guy@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

They definitely are interested in that.

The lack of understanding about how broad-reaching and arbitrary USA’s surveillance web is, is sickening sometimes.

[–] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Considering that Belgium shares signals intelligence with the USA under the Fourteen Eyes agreement, they're most certainly interested.