Re:Phones that secretly listen to us are a myth
by kennywinker on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:33AM
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If you read the article, test were conducted with some popular apps open (e.g. facebook). “My phone is listening” is just shorthand for “various apps on my phone are listening, i’m not sure which ones but ads for things i’ve never looked at online keep uncannily showing up after i talk about them”.
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Re:Phones that secretly listen to us are a myth
by parineum on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:58AM
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A possible route for this info that I've considered is that whatever service is serving you ads knows who your friends are and perhaps they are interested in this thing you spoke of together.
That or you and I are just a lot more predictable than we think (which is actually what I think).