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Re:What is AT&T doing at 1111340002? by wizzwizz4 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @09:48AM (#29139840)
But detecting “oh, this is voice” is easy. Recording the time where that happens is also easy. Knowing when people are chatting around the phone, and roughly what the fundamental frequency of their voice is, could make $0.001 per person. At Google's scale, that's worth it.

So long as they don't get caught, anyway, because that's all sorts of illegal. Especially at Google's scale. (I don't think Google does this… probably.)

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Re:What is AT&T doing at 1111340002? by theelous3 on Monday November 08, 2021 @06:12AM (#29148138)
What's you're saying is possible and what we're talking about are two entirely different things though.
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Re:What is AT&T doing at 1111340002? by BenjiWiebe on Sunday November 07, 2021 @10:08AM (#29140025)
The fundamental frequency of the voice doesn't tell you what words they were saying.
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