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- No, your phone isn’t listening to your conversations. Seriously https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/12/phone-audio-targeting-privacy/ 6 comments
- Calm Down—Your Phone Isn’t Listening to Your Conversations. It’s Just Tracking Everything You Type, Every App You Use, Every Website You Visit, and Everywhere You Go in the Physical World https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/calm-down-your-phone-isnt-listening-to-your-conversations-its-just-tracking-everything-you-type-every-app-you-use-every-website-you-visit-and-everywhere-you-go-in-the-physical-world 188 comments privacy
- Is my phone listening to my conversations? Britons believe the answer is yes https://yougov.co.uk/topics/technology/articles-reports/2021/07/16/my-phone-listening-my-conversations-britons-believ 46 comments privacy
- Is your phone really listening to your conversations? Well, turns out it doesn't have to https://theconversation.com/is-your-phone-really-listening-to-your-conversations-well-turns-out-it-doesnt-have-to-162172#Echobox=1624155726?utm_source=pocket-newtab-intl-en 23 comments privacy
- Is your phone listening to your conversations? No, because it already has your data https://thenextweb.com/news/phone-listening-conversations-no-already-has-data-syndication 19 comments technology
- does a degoogled phone listens to conversations? https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22479-0_6 9 comments degoogle
- Is it true that Facebook listens to your conversation when your phone is nearby? https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4yvzpa/is_it_true_that_facebook_listens_to_your/ 338 comments technology
- Discussion I'm convinced my Android phone listens to me and then Google suggests links, ads, etc. directly tied to my conversation. [Xpost r/technology] http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2kwbl2/im_convinced_my_android_phone_listens_to_me_and/ 3 comments privacy
- FBI said to have committed 40,000 violations of privacy laws since 2001. Are they being sloppy or aggressive to protect us. I for one don't care if they ever want to listen on my phone conversations. http://corruptauthority.com/government-corruption-privacyfbi-said-to-have-committed-40000-violations-of-privacy-laws-since-2001/ 4 comments politics
- Nothing to see here, the FBI just used fake emergencies to force phone carriers to hand over user data and let them listen to conversations. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_fbi_phone_records 25 comments politics
- The FBI can listen in on your conversations by covertly activating your cell phone's microphone. Even when it's off. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140191.html 101 comments reddit.com
- Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active. Our brain works a bit like the autocomplete function on your phone – it is constantly trying to guess the next word when we are listening to a book, reading or conducting a conversation. https://www.mpi.nl/news/our-brain-prediction-machine-always-active 712 comments science
- Your Phone Is Listening and it's Not Paranoia - Here's how I got to bottom of the ads-coinciding-with-conversations mystery. https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia 83 comments technology
- Passive listening: Getting ads from in person conversation where phone was in pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/75t24o/passive_listening_getting_ads_from_in_person/ 3 comments privacy
- Inside the ISIS plot to attack the heart of Europe -Wiretaps of phone conversations and listening devices indicated the cell members were in the final stages of preparing a major terrorist attack in Belgium http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/europe/europe-belgium-isis-plot/index.html 412 comments worldnews
- Facebook just announced a new feature to its app, which will let it listen to our conversations and surroundings through our own phones’ microphone. http://action.sumofus.org/a/facebook-app-taps-phones/?sub=fb 23 comments worldnews
- Facebook app enables mark to listen in on conversations through your own phones’ microphone http://action.sumofus.org/a/facebook-app-taps-phones/?sub=fb 19 comments worldnews
- Is your phone listening in on your conversations? The study’s findings suggest that eavesdropping activity would not be detected by current security mechanisms. Not only microphones, but also seemingly harmless motion sensors could be a potential eavesdropping channel in smartphones. https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22479-0_6 21 comments privacy
- Australian Police have been legally able to upload malware to suspects’ phones and activate the microphone to listen to conversations as of at least 6 years ago, but nobody seemed to notice http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2015/363.html 15 comments technews
- Australian Police have been legally able to upload malware to suspects’ phones and activate the microphone to listen to conversations as of at least 6 years ago, but nobody seemed to notice http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2015/363.html 92 comments truereddit
- Australian Police have been legally able to upload malware to suspects’ phones and activate the microphone to listen to conversations as of at least 6 years ago, but nobody seemed to notice http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSCA/2015/363.html 231 comments worldnews
- Phones may listen in on private conversations: The study’s findings suggest that eavesdropping activity would not be detected by current security mechanisms. Not only microphones, but also seemingly harmless motion sensors could be a potential eavesdropping channel in smartphones. https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22479-0_6 8 comments science
- Is your phone secretly listening to you? Study finds that widespread eavesdropping may not be detected by current security mechanisms. Not only microphones, but also smartphone motion sensors could be used to listen in on private conversations. https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22479-0_6 13 comments technology
- [Charania] One final conversation: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant had phone call late Saturday night after James passed Bryant on the NBA scoring charts, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Several Lakers players listened into call -- in what would be their final memory of Bryant's voice. http://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1221930604117286914 399 comments nba
- The gyroscopes in your phone could let apps eavesdrop on conversations. Researchers have found another, little-considered sensor in modern phones that can also listen in on their conversations. And it doesn’t even need to ask. http://www.wired.com/2014/08/gyroscope-listening-hack/ 23 comments technology
- Overhearing a one-sided cell phone conversation is more distracting than listening to dialogue between two people. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058579 7 comments science
- “My phone is listening in on my conversations” is not paranoia but a legitimate concern, study finds. Eavesdropping activity may not be detected by current security mechanisms, and could even be conducted via motion sensors (accessible to third-party apps without user permission in iOS and Android). https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22479-0_6 3 comments technology
- “My phone is listening in on my conversations” is not paranoia but a legitimate concern, study finds. Eavesdropping activity may not be detected by current security mechanisms, and could even be conducted via motion sensors (accessible to third-party apps without user permission in iOS and Android). https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22479-0_6 5 comments netsec