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Re:Ask HN: Is there any way an app can listen conversations ... by sahin-boydas on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @09:14PM (#18071896)
do u think they can send the text with advertising id of the iphone ?
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Re:Ask HN: Is there any way an app can listen conversations ... by savethefuture on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @09:25PM (#18071941)
Most likely. A lot of ads are third party code being executed on your device, look into malvertising.
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