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Re:Does Google have access to our phone conversations? by deobrats on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:26AM (#3952882)
Did anyone try to look at this patent (mentioned in the original blog-post):-

http://www.google.com/patents/US20040083101

And the blog-post wasn't talking about "Google Voice". It was regular phone conversation (pre-android). The author believes (and I sort of agree with him) that Google perhaps has a deal with service providers (in India) that allows them to mine voice conversations and use the information to provide targeted content.

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Re:Does Google have access to our phone conversations? by stef25 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:42AM (#3952924)
How would it map a voice conversation to a computer ('s IP) to serve ads to?
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Re:Does Google have access to our phone conversations? by brudgers on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:49AM (#3952949)
If both are using the same WiFi router, it's trivial to correlate a phone and computer on a small network. Particularly if you have lots of data regarding the browsing patters of both devices.
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Re:Does Google have access to our phone conversations? by deobrats on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:45AM (#3952936)
Phone number!

Telcos ask for email addresses at the time of subscribing to their plans. Most people end up providing their gmail address. This gentleman did too.

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