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Are Phones and Smart Speakers Listening to You? Cox Media Group Claims They Can | Cord Cutters News (cordcuttersnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I agree.

What could be possible, would be maybe send tiny bits. For example, a device could categorize some places or times, detect out of pattern behaviours and just record a couple of seconds here and there, then send it to the server when requesting something else to avoid being suspicious. Or just pretend it's a "false positive" or whatever and say "sorry, I didn't get that."

I don't think they're listening to everything, but they could technically get something if they wanted to target you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Right, I suppose cybersecurity isn’t so different than physical security in that way. Someone who really wants to get to you always can (read: why there are so many burner phones at def con).

But for the average person, who uses consumer grade deadbolts in their home and doesn’t hire a private detail when they travel, does an iPhone fit within their acceptable risk threshold? Probably.