Comment on Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people

• shasta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, they were lying because it would increase their value as a marketer for their clients. It was really stupid to lie about something so easily disproven. Anyone with a packet sniffer can tell there’s not a bunch of random audio being transmitted from their device for no reason. I’m more inclined to believe some idiot in their PR team just doesn’t know wtf they’re talking about and made up something on the spot.

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  • RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Actually it would be very possible to do if you transcribe the eavesdropped audio into text, as the built-in voice assistants already do on the fly. Small packets containing text could be indistinguishable from a variety of other excessive telemetry that the various apps and system services send out to their motherships in the name of providing a better user experience.

    I can’t help but wonder why you people are always so quick to dismiss the reality of audio data collection when there are so many ways it could be done and so much evidence that it is happening. Are you stuck in a mode of cognitive dissonance that won’t let you distrust your devices, because you WANT to trust them with your privacy?

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    • shasta@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe don’t buy into conspiracies so easily. At least get some evidence first

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      • RaoulDook@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have observed quite a lot of evidence myself already.

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