Not my title! I do think we are being listened to. And location tracked. And it’s being passed on to advertisers. Is it apple though? Probably not is my take away from this article, but I don’t trust plenty of others, and apple still does
I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone
Submitted 4 days ago by Olap@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/2/they-spy-on-you-but-not-like-that/
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a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 4 days ago
irotsoma@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Two ways to process voice, on device or on server. Device-based solutions either are very basic and just detect differences between words or need training data based on your voice or they need lots of processing power for more generalized voice recognition. So is your battery draining and phone is often hot because an app is keeping the mic on and keeping the phone from slowing the processor? Other option is to stream the data to the server. This would also increase battery usage as the phone can’t sleep, but might not be as noticeable, but more evident would be your phone using a lot more bandwidth than is reasonable while you aren’t actively using it.
Grimy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I don’t either hut the alternative is much worst in my opinion. It would mean the algorithms are so advanced they are predicting conversations instead of listening to them.
catloaf@lemm.ee 4 days ago
…time.com/…/how-target-knew-a-high-school-girl-wa…
Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Nah.
kdnuggets.com/…/target-predict-teen-pregnancy-ins…