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An ad and analytics package in any app with enterprise credentials could have this permission (or in an app you authorized to listen for a different reason) An
by vmception 4y ago
An ad and analytics package in any app with enterprise credentials could have this permission (or in an app you authorized to listen for a different reason)
And then the data brokers share this with all the other apps
Every app creator can honestly say “noo we dont listen wdym” to you, to Congress, to everyone
and the analytics package creator and data brokers are going to be laughing for decades
- weird-eye-issue 4y agoThis was a few years, it does make me wonder if I had a malicious app on my phone. Now on Android there is a green light when the mic is on so presumably that would catch this? Unless it is at the OS level
- vmception 4y agoAdditionally, I’ve seen ads served by being on someone else’s home wifi or the same residential wifi together. You get stuff they looked up (or said). I’ve seen it happen in proximity with shared contacts too. Meeting a friend on vacation and they start getting ads about where I live.