Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone
Travelator@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
On Android, I have the mic, location, and camera blocked via the pulldown tiles menu. I turn them on when needed. The OS and some apps like to bitch about this sometimes but it seems to be working ok.
My iphone does not offer these blanket blocking options. It’s a work phone, so I just leave it off unless I need it.
x00z@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So one of the devices allegedly grabbing keywords from heard conversations, you’d trust with a software based toggle?
I’d only trust hardware toggle.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You really trust that the button does what it says it does though??!??
x00z@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You mean a hardware toggle? Because those can be double checked with some electronic knowledge.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And a software toggle can be checked with some software knowledge if the source is available.