Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones
Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones
Software from a company called Alphonso can be used to listen in to the environment around a user, to work out what they’re watching
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Article is from 2018. Someone must have pasted the url from hacker news where the same story was dug up recently.
Is that to say that it's no longer valid? Or just that it's old news? The list of apps associated with the software is still pretty extensive; Google Assistant even showed up.
7 years is a long time in tech.
Google Assistant is supposed to listen for the "Hey Google" trigger word. How else do you expect to use your device hand-free.
No, 2018 wasn't 7 years ago... No... Wait please..! :'(
Old news. It was old news in 2018