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Your phone is listening … who's on the other end?

A leak has confirmed a long suspected hidden feature of your smart phone.  It is harvesting conversations around your phone.

From the article:

Millions of people have long suspected it, but now a leak suggests that our phones really are listening to us.

An apparent pitch deck from one of Facebook’s alleged marketing partner appears to detail how the firm eavesdrops on users’ conversations to create targeted ads.

In a slideshow, Cox Media Group (CMG) claims that its ‘Active-Listening’ software uses AI to collect and analyze ‘real-time intent data’ by listening to what you say through your phone, laptop or home assistant microphone.

Smh.   What else are they collecting?  Personal information on your phone?  Personal notes?  Documents?  Pictures and video?  Sheesh.

Link:

Shocking leak suggests your phone really is listening in on your conversations

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Kay
Kay
2 months ago
Reply to  rick

Woof. That’s terrifying. It’s like, they’re observing all humans to create one big human—-a god. (Little ‘G.’) I just watched the movie “afrA.I.d” it was a nod to this very article. Also, recently just watched a video about how emojis are not what we think they are….

checkers
checkers
2 months ago
Reply to  Kay

what are emojis then?

chek
chek
2 months ago

I was talking with my supervisor one day at work and just happened to look down at her phone that was on her desk when an icon activated on her phone with the word ‘listening’. I’m not sure if it was siri that was listening or some other program but if you give siri permissions on your phone then it is always listening but will not speak to you unless you say ‘siri’. Neither I or my supervisor said ‘siri’ but I have since wondered if it was triggered remotely to listen. Regardless, whistleblowers claim that the U.S. military, and anyone else the the military wants to sell your information to, has back door access to all of our devices such as televisions, amazon fire remote controllers, alexi, computers, telephones, toys, ring doorbells, or anything else with a camera or microphone in it, which they can access whenever they want to.

Kay
Kay
2 months ago
Reply to  chek

Yep. And what sucks is that even if we don’t have social media, etc, we still in some way have to have an email or address, etc…..so it’s like we can’t escape it. Oof

Sherrie
Sherrie
2 months ago
Reply to  chek

It’s a super artificial intelligence aka big brother that has been set loose on humanity to learn about us in every way. It also generates ads if you talk about a name brand thing you need. Mention a disease or cancer you have and big brother (SAI) will give you ads to hospitals and specialists who can treat you.

FYI that “listening” was a courtesy because our phones are ALWAYS listening, always!

Nobody
Nobody
2 months ago

2001’s HAL was about our reality.

Sherrie
Sherrie
2 months ago

Your phone listens to everything you say. Talk about something you need to buy.. say “Temptations cat treats” even non cat owners will suddenly see tons of ads for these cat treats. Talk about a medical treatment you might need and you will get ads for big hospitals or specialists of your disease/cancer.

By now every person who owns a phone should freaking know this. AI IS WATCHING aka big brother