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

  • @x00zEnglish
    1•2 days ago

    Although chances of code being available are quite low for most mobile devices, not to mention software takes many many hours longer and you’ll have to make sure your build matches the code (which means manually checking the code of every update).

    • VictorEnglish
      1•2 days ago

      Question for you: Do you manually check every hardware toggle for correctness?

      • @x00zEnglish
        1•2 days ago

        Weird question. A better question would be how hard it is to check. It’s pretty easy. It only requires a multimeter and basic knowledge of electronics. Opening a phone isn’t hard either. You can easily use a clothes iron with a rag in front of it.

        • VictorEnglish
          0•2 days ago

          Never mind, I guess? I ask the questions I’d like answers to. You seem to answer questions you’d like to be asked instead of the ones asked. Weird behavior.

          I ask because the ease of which something can be done is worthless if nobody does it.

          • @x00zEnglish
            1•2 days ago

            I ask because the ease of which something can be done is worthless if nobody does it.

            How would a lack of people using hardware toggles even make it worthless? I don’t need that answered. It doesn’t.

            I am guessing you use a software toggle and are trying to defend your use of it. Which shouldn’t be directed towards me. You trust it? That’s great. I’m glad for you. I explicitly said I only trust hardware toggles and explained why I wouldn’t easily trust a software one. What I do is of no concern to you.

            So next time just share your opinion instead of asking a question you don’t need answered. Which I obviously noticed. Don’t beat around the bush and just cut to the chase.

            • VictorEnglish
              1•2 days ago

              How would a lack of people using hardware toggles even make it worthless?

              You misunderstood/I wasn’t clear. I was referring to the ease of which you can verify that the hardware does what it is supposed to do. If you can verify it easily, but don’t, the ease has no meaning.

              So… Do you verify all/most of your hardware toggles? Personally?

              And no, I don’t use software toggles. I don’t use any toggles on my phone, except Bluetooth to save battery. 🤷‍♂️ You guessed wrong. Maybe don’t be so smug about trying to “read” someone. It ends up being super cringe when it’s wrong. 🫣

              • @x00zEnglish
                0•2 days ago

                I wasn’t clear. I was referring to the ease of which you can verify that the hardware does what it is supposed to do. If you can verify it easily, but don’t, the ease has no meaning.

                I don’t think you understand how electronics work. Maybe if you have an ugly plastic see trough toggle, but I don’t see that happening any time soon.

                I also don’t understand why you are asking me questions because you’ve failed to explain something, as in some ploy to make me the bad guy here.

                So… Do you verify all/most of your hardware toggles? Personally?

                :') You’re a joke.

                And no, I don’t use software toggles. I don’t use any toggles on my phone, except Bluetooth to save battery. 🤷‍♂️ You guessed wrong. Maybe don’t be so smug about trying to “read” someone. It ends up being super cringe when it’s wrong. 🫣

                I explicitly used the word ‘guess’ to not be smug. As in, the following part is merely a guess. But hey, you can keep making it personal, but it just shows who is “cringe” here.

                Now get blocked.

                • VictorEnglish
                  1•2 days ago

                  😂 what a tool

                  Exactly the type of response I was expecting lol.

                  Yes boy, please block me. Please do.