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Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Give me a way to physically shut off the microphone (like a camera shield on business laptops), then we will talk.

Strange topics had popped up in my Google feed after l spoke to someone about something I've never googled before

[–] TheRealKuni 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right but if THEY Googled it, and Google knows that you share a connection (they do), they can recommend stuff to you based on that.

There’s no need for them to listen to your conversations to do this. As someone else said, think of how often you talk about something and DON’T get advertisements for it.

[–] whofearsthenight 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mentioned elsewhere, but people also don't realize that this data is often collected in ways they don't expect. For example, if you have a club card at a retailer, your purchase data is likely being shared outside of just that retailer. So you go to the store and buy some kitty litter for the first time. Then all of a sudden one of your other services start showing you ads for cat toys. Location data is sold all of the time now, and that's often through carriers. Oh, you started going to the gym, best show some ads for workout gear...

[–] sijt 1 points 1 year ago

You don’t even need a loyalty card at that retailer. Your payments get sold by the payment processing companies to data harvesters, including Google.

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