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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by mbreese on Thursday July 17, 2025 @09:34PM (#44600274)
Yet... you don't report habits to a data broker yet. It is currently used for local UI.

Once you already are in the habit of evading user-privacy, it's a only a couple of down quarters before you start tracking and sending data to data brokers or someone else. This is why no one here likes this behavior.

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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by developerDan on Thursday July 17, 2025 @10:59PM (#44600776)
Delta Airlines has entered the chat.

As more and more companies start to use AI for “personalized”/targeted pricing, offers, advertising, etc. The more this exact type of data will be useful and therefore lucrative.

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Re:Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network by michaelcampbell on Friday July 18, 2025 @08:57AM (#44604198)
And evidently their PM's don't like doing opt-out, so...
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