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Huh oh. As a committed anti-conspiracy-theorist for the "phones listen to your microphone and targeted ads based on what you say" thing I can tell this is going to be exhausting

parker higgins@xor.blue

I think probably 95% of speculation that your phone is secretly listening to you is overblown, but man the tech industry really does not do itself any favors with that 5% arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

arstechnica.comSiri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95MApple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.

Daniel Mewes

@dmewes.com

2 Jan 2025

Oh man, this is indeed one of those super prevalent and very hard to disprove conspiracy theories out there. I hear it all the time even from people who aren't normally into conspiracies.

Simon Willison

@simonwillison.net

There was a great podcast episode about this a few years ago where the bigger story was how it turns out it's effectively impossible to talk anyone out of it once they've made up their mind gimletmedia.com/amp/shows/re...

gimletmedia.com#109 Is Facebook Spying on You? | Reply AllThis year we’ve gotten one question from listeners more than any other: is Facebook eavesdropping on my conversations and showing me ads based on the things that I say? This week, Alex investigates.

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