Comment on Cox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phones

• piecat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a dozen ways they could jump the air gap.

  Ultrasonic to a phone or Alexa/Siri/etc, connect to an unsecured network, send data to a neighbor’s smart TV which is connected to Internet, Bluetooth or other to a phone

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  • Boy_of_Soy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That would add a ludicrous amount of cost to the device in both material cost and R&D. It’s so incredibly unlikely that any company would make that investment just to spy on the conversations of ordinary citizens when there are far cheaper and easier ways for them to build and sell advertising profiles.

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  • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At that point the customer acquisition cost is t worth it.

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  • phx@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Low-bandwidth cellular chip…

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• LWD@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TV’s have been spotted connecting to open networks on their own. They could easily look for alternative routes.

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  • lud@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Source?

    Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)

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    • LWD@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Source that… a computer with wifi hardware can scan for wifi networks?

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      • lud@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Source that it happens obviously.

        You claimed that they connected to open networks.

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