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- Your smartphone isn't listening to you, but your free apps are definitely spying https://www.wrdw.com/nbc26/content/news/No-your-smartphone-is-not-listening-to-you-but-the-free-apps-youre-downloading-are-tracking-your-every-move-510559571.html 2 comments
- Is your smartphone listening to you? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35639549 119 comments
- Voice recognition: Which smartphone is the best listener? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15348792 3 comments
- Google updates Android smartphones to listen to houses for suspect sounds https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/google-android-smartphone-update-listen-house-sounds-b906331.html 26 comments privacy
- Google updates Android smartphones to listen to houses for suspect sounds https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/google-android-smartphone-update-listen-house-sounds-b906331.html 9 comments technology
- How smartphone apps spy on users by listening to inaudible signals http://www.techworld.com/apps-wearables/how-smartphone-apps-spy-on-users-by-listening-inaudible-signals-3662504/ 4 comments privacy
- The FCC wants you to be able to listen to FM radio from your smartphone https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/02/16/the-fcc-wants-you-to-be-able-to-listen-to-fm-radio-from-your-smartphone/?utm_term=.9eb816c9e6ba 284 comments technology
- South Korea says smartphone addiction is real. Should we listen? https://medium.com/backchannel/what-korea-has-learned-about-smartphone-addiction-46de6185ff04 4 comments technology
- We found that software on your smartphone can work out what PIN you’re entering by watching your face through the camera and listening for the clicks as you type. http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2013/11/08/5653/ 13 comments netsec
- Konosuke Takeshita after AEW WrestleDream: "Listen up, you guys! You can tell just by looking, right? Who is the strongest? We're going to seriously change the wrestling world. You too there, staring blankly at your smartphones! We're going to beat ALL of you!" https://twitter.com/HDSubss/status/1709265844633743733 18 comments squaredcircle
- Amazon now lets you listen to music free on smartphones and TV, as well as online. Spotify investors are already nervous. https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-now-lets-you-listen-to-music-free-on-smartphones-on-tv-and-online-2019-11 6 comments technology
- Samsung’s ‘peeping Tom’ smartphones can listen and watch what you do on the web while monitoring your emails to target you with ads https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3751944/samsungs-peeping-tom-smartphones-listen-and-watch-what-you-do-on-the-web-while-monitoring-your-emails-to-target-you-with-ads/ 65 comments technology
- If you have 20 minutes to spare, close all tabs and windows, put away your smartphone and listen to this TED Talk by Sherry Turkle: "Connected, but alone?" http://youtu.be/t7Xr3AsBEK4?hd=1 13 comments technology
- Facebook partner admits smartphone microphones listen to people talk to serve better ads https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100282/facebook-partner-admits-smartphone-microphones-listen-to-people-talk-serve-better-ads/index.html 52 comments android
- Facebook partner admits smartphone microphones listen to people talk to serve better ads https://inshort.geartape.com/facebook-partner-admits-smartphone-microphones-listen-to-people-talk-to-serve-better-ads/ 12 comments privacy
- Facebook partner admits smartphone microphones listen to people talk to serve better ads https://inshort.geartape.com/facebook-partner-admits-smartphone-microphones-listen-to-people-talk-to-serve-better-ads/ 222 comments nottheonion
- Facebook partner admits smartphone microphones listen to people talk to serve better ads https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100282/facebook-partner-admits-smartphone-microphones-listen-to-people-talk-serve-better-ads/index.html 3477 comments technology
- Facebook partner admits smartphone microphones listen to people talk to serve better ads https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100282/facebook-partner-admits-smartphone-microphones-listen-to-people-talk-serve-better-ads/index.html 122 comments privacy
- I made a PWA, to listen to YouTube in background on smartphones using the web share target API, take a look https://github.com/giacomocerquone/youtube-background-pwa 14 comments javascript
- I made a PWA, to listen to YouTube in background on smartphones using the web share target API, take a look https://github.com/giacomocerquone/youtube-background-pwa 8 comments reactjs
- Attackers could be listening to what you type. Researchers found that acoustic signals, or sound waves, produced when we type on a computer keyboard can successfully be picked up by a smartphone. https://blog.smu.edu/research/2019/08/12/attackers-could-be-listening-to-what-you-type/ 9 comments science
- The HAAC mic of 920 vs. other smartphones (in this case 8X) during a Deadmau5 set. Warning: 8X might screw your ears if listened to with headphones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svM5g_9539Y#! 12 comments windowsphone
- New international WHO-ITU standard for personal audio devices - including smartphones - to make then safer for listening. The standard recommends that personal audio devices include “sound allowance” function to track level and duration of the user’s exposure to sound. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/12-02-2019-new-who-itu-standard-aims-to-prevent-hearing-loss-among-1.1-billion-young-people 3 comments science
- Australian Cybersecurity Expert: Facebook Listens To Conversations, Serves Ads Based On What It Hears — Triggered by certain phrases, the Facebook app uses the smartphone microphone to listen to conversations, then serves ads based on what it hears, Dr. Peter Henway claims. https://www.inquisitr.com/4939834/australian-cybersecurity-expert-facebook-listens-to-conversations-serves-ads-based-on-what-it-hears/ 12 comments worldnews
- Australian Cybersecurity Expert: Facebook Listens To Conversations, Serves Ads Based On What It Hears. Triggered by certain phrases, the Facebook app uses the smartphone microphone to listen to conversations, then serves ads based on what it hears, Dr. Peter Henway claims. https://www.inquisitr.com/4939834/australian-cybersecurity-expert-facebook-listens-to-conversations-serves-ads-based-on-what-it-hears/ 34 comments worldnews
- Edward Snowden: Smartphones can be hacked into with just one text message and then used to spy on their owners - GCHQ, the UK’s spying agency, has a ‘smurf suite’ of tools that allow it to break into and listen in on phones, Snowden claims from Moscow. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/edward-snowden-smartphones-can-be-hacked-into-with-just-one-text-message-and-then-used-to-spy-on-a6680546.html 788 comments technology
- Facebook has been forced to defend a “creepy” new feature that allows it to activate your smartphone’s microphone and listen in. The feature turns on the phone’s mic and picks up on what is happening, such as music or a TV playing in the background. http://www.news.com.au/technology/facebook/users-slam-creepy-new-feature-that-allows-facebook-to-listen-in/story-fnjwvn4n-1226940183022 760 comments technology
- Leaked pitch deck shows Cox Media Group is using smartphone microphones to listen in the background and target ads at "ready-to-buy" customers, works with Google and Facebook as its "partners" https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/ 28 comments technews
- 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
- 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