Are our phones listening to us?

[Quagmire]

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about cryptocurrencies, and jokingly I told him I was going to invest in something called Loser Coin, which was a name I just pulled out of thin air.

Then today when I opened YouTube I had an alert to a video called "How to buy Loser Coin" from someone I wasn't even subscribed to

Guess we're going to have to start watching what we say even around ourselves now.

 

[The Hammer]

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about cryptocurrencies, and jokingly I told him I was going to invest in something called Loser Coin, which was a name I just pulled out of thin air.

Then today when I opened YouTube, I had an alert to a video called "How to buy Loser Coin" from someone I wasn't even subscribed to

Guess we're going to have to start watching what we say even around ourselves now.

This has been going on for years now.

There is a way to turn it off on your phone, but it apparently messes with some functionality (such as Siri, or OKGoogle).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-google-android-listening/amp/

 

[JustGeorge]

I have a flip phone that has internet capabilities, but I have it shut off.

The other night, my son got ahold of my phone, and was about to unknowingly activate the 'voice' aspect of it. The notification I saw said something like: "by agreeing to use this feature, you grant google the option to hear what you're saying" (in much more professional terms than that)

Creeped me out.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about cryptocurrencies, and jokingly I told him I was going to invest in something called Loser Coin, which was a name I just pulled out of thin air.

Then today when I opened YouTube, I had an alert to a video called "How to buy Loser Coin" from someone I wasn't even subscribed to

Guess we're going to have to start watching what we say even around ourselves now.

What phone company? What kind of phone?

 

[Subduction Zone]

I don't even have my phone on me half the time.

Of course I could look at it the other way. I may be being spied on for half of the time. Okay, now I am not happy.

 

[Quagmire]

What phone company? What kind of phone?

Sorry I'm kind of in a "don't give out any more information than you have to" sort of mood right now.

 

[Lyndon]

my computer isn't set up with a microphone as far as I know, my friend was in my room with the computer turned on discussing buying a good used refrigerator, and showed me a picture on her telephone of the one she bought, low and behold today MSN website has ads for new refrigerators, like they do for other items I buy online or look at except this was never discussed on my computer or my phone, what do you think, my computer has a secret microphone I don't know about, creepy as hell

 

[Lyndon]

My brother, the computer expert says the link is through us being friends on facebook messenger and the refrigerator being on her messenger, shouldn't be any microphone in my computer he says, as if that's supposed to make me feel any better

 

[Heyo]

This has been going on for years now.

There is a way to turn it off on your phone, but it apparently messes with some functionality (such as Siri, or OKGoogle).

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-google-android-listening/amp/

Siri is not the functionality, it's the bug.

 

[Quagmire]

*starts working on a patent for soundproof, lead-lined phone cases*

 

[Brickjectivity]

Sorry I'm kind of in a "don't give out any more information than you have to" sort of mood right now.

The President's Analyst - Wikipedia

 

[Twilight Hue]

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about cryptocurrencies, and jokingly I told him I was going to invest in something called Loser Coin, which was a name I just pulled out of thin air.

Then today when I opened YouTube, I had an alert to a video called "How to buy Loser Coin" from someone I wasn't even subscribed to

Guess we're going to have to start watching what we say even around ourselves now.

I even made a thread on that.

Yours confirms it. People are being spied on without permission.

 

[Twilight Hue]

*starts working on a patent for soundproof, lead-lined phone cases*

I bet if you had the capital, you could sell millions of those things.

 

[The Hammer]

Sorry I'm kind of in a "don't give out any more information than you have to" sort of mood right now.

This is my Modis Operandi. Haha

 

[The Hammer]

I even made a thread on that.

Yours confirms it. People are being spied on without permission.

Technically you do give permissions. It's during the phone set up/activation, one of the myriad of security screens and agreeances we tend to auto fill as yes.

 

[Subduction Zone]

The President's Analyst - Wikipedia

Cool. I have not seen that movie. I originally thought that it was one of his "Flint" films. I will have to check that out.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Technically you do give permissions. It's during the phone set up/activation, one of the myriad of security screens and agreeances we tend to auto fill as yes.

Sounds manditory rather then voluntary.

 

[The Hammer]

More articles on the topic.

Yes, your phone is listening to you - jSinger Marketing

Mobile Ads: Can Your Phone Hear Your Conversations?

'How do I stop my iPhone from listening to me?': How to change your microphone settings so that your iPhone can't hear your voice

 

[The Hammer]

Sounds manditory rather then voluntary.

You can opt out of it at anytime. My first link showed how to do it. (I turn this functionality off myself)

Also, a lot of the data they gather is from your internet browser cookies and cache. As I still get eerily targeted ads. But the amount of information we share on a regular basis, is much larger than most people recognize.

 

[Quagmire]

I bet if you had the capital, you could sell millions of those things.

Or come up with an app that has you saying , "What a nice day! I'm so glad I'm not up to anything I'm not supposed to!" over and over.