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I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone (simonwillison.net)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A phone reacting to "ok Google" or the equivalent for the other assistants already requires to listen to what you're saying - doesn't seem to affect battery life all that much.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Passively waiting until a specific pattern of pressure waves impacts a sensor takes way less power than recording and transmitting the voice data