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Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones (www.the-independent.com)
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[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

May be even dozens

[-] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Instagram at least listens thru your mic, for sure. At least on my wife’s phone, she gets targeted ads based on conversations we have in the car with no music playing

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