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@lebkuchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones

www.the-independent.com

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Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones

www.the-independent.com

@lebkuchen@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago
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Your smartphone is listening to you
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Software from a company called Alphonso can be used to listen in to the environment around a user, to work out what they’re watching
  • quartz
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    ok thanks, but where’s the list of these apps?

    • SaltySalamander
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      These type of articles never list the apps they’re discussing.

    • @peteyestee@feddit.org
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      iOS and Android. If you have one of those people are listening.

      • @dev_null@lemmy.ml
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        Comments like this try to make you give up on privacy by making it look like all is lost from the get to.

        They are lying, don’t believe them, there is a lot you can do to protect your privacy.

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        Removed by mod

      • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        Eh, you can be reasonably sure that GrapheneOS or other Android ROMs without any Google Play apps is private.

        • @peteyestee@feddit.org
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          No

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