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So, there are hardware in phone whos job is to recognize trigger words and phrases like "Hello Google" , "Alexa" and "Siri" and wake up the phone so it can list
by Quai 7y ago
So, there are hardware in phone whos job is to recognize trigger words and phrases like "Hello Google" , "Alexa" and "Siri" and wake up the phone so it can listen to the users request. They probably have limited memory, but I would not be surprised if they can store a few hundred low quality rules for detecting certain words. The ad-network already have a profile on you, and could compile a list of trigger words you are likely to use based on your profile. They upload this list to the phone, and lets the phone build up a frequency list that they can use to better target you with ads you are likely to click on.
All this would just require a few thousand bytes transferred between the phone and the ad-network. Since they are using information they already have about you, and there are little or no additional CPU or network usage it would be really hard to detect.