One of my weirder hobbies is trying to convince people that the idea that companies are listening to you through your phone’s microphone and serving you targeted ads is a …

Not my title! I do think we are being listened to. And location tracked. And it’s being passed on to advertisers. Is it apple though? Probably not is my take away from this article, but I don’t trust plenty of others, and apple still does

  • @[email protected]English
    16•1 month ago

    ITT:

    People saying “They already use every other bit of data they can access, why do you naive optimists think they wouldn’t use the most obvious one?”

    vs.

    People saying “They already use every other bit of data they can access, why do you naive optimists think they would need to use the most expensive one?”

    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 month ago

      it’s effective, timely, accurate, and profitable.

      ofc they’re gonna use the audio, too; where and when possible.