I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your microphone

Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by astrange on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:02PM (#42581848)

Siri doesn't let you do that, it doesn't give you audio it does pick up, and it doesn't even listen for the wake word with the main CPU.

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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by ants_everywhere on Friday January 03, 2025 @10:37AM (#42586541)

I assume here you're referring to the user?

It seems like users can have iphone listen to audio keywords, but I don't use Apple so I don't know the details. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-vocal-shortcuts-i...

Obviously an experimental advertising system would require a special deal with the phone manufacturer and would be covered by Apple's very broad license to advertise based on your data.

That doesn't mean they're doing it, of course. I'm just not aware of technical or legal barriers.

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