TechnologyEnglish • 5 days ago

I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone

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I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone

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TechnologyEnglish • 5 days ago

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

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Do you connect to company WiFi?
- @GreenKnight23
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  I wfh.
  - @AtariDump
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    Do you use a VPN for ALL company communications?
    - @GreenKnight23
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      only on my laptop. not the phone.

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