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Android Microphone Snooping (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I had a verbal conversation with a coworker yesterday and now I'm getting fed very specific ads. No possible way it's accidental. I have most of the microphone access to apps limited, I have Google assistant turned off and no VPA setup in my home. I use a Oneplus 9 pro, does anyone have recommendations on how to further root cause this or just par for the course for using any standard android OS? Have other folks had similar experience after locking down their stock phones?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Every single example of this happening is anecdotal. The people who tried to properly investigate this have not found it to be true. If you find a video of an actual serious research who proves this is true then I'll admit that I'm wrong. Otherwise these types of posts are useless

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Can you summarize their findings? Did they find evidence that this is being done in the wild without opt in or disclosure? Just because it's possible doesn't mean it's being used. Obviously the tech to spy on people via microphone isn't crazy complicated. The question is whether most apps use it. The amount of data that would be uploaded on people's data plans would be absurd. I'm very skeptical that this is actually widely used in mainstream apps.

There have been SO many tests of this and not a single one has showed this actually happening.... Just because one single company tried to brag about a tech project to get free PR doesn't mean this is actually used...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I can't read the damn articles because the site is paywalled.......I much rather read an article than listen to a 45 minute podcast. That is why I asked you to summarize. Thanks for being unhelpful though!

Also, the podcast stream itself has like 2 minute ads interrupting me every time i skip forwards or backwards. For a source so dedicated to anti-intrusive advertising, it sure as hell is riddled to fuck with intrusive advertisements. Thanks for the amazing source ;-).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A few years ago, I've read an article where the journalists investigated this. They asked to Facebook it they actually do it and Facebook confirmed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Gonna need to see a source on that one, please.