> But then there’s the 79% of survey respondents who “believe their virtual assistants and streaming devices can listen to their conversations,” and the 67% who

> But then there’s the 79% of survey respondents who “believe their virtual assistants and streaming devices can listen to their conversations,” and the 67% who “believe they have received an advertisement based on a conversation they’ve had that was captured by a virtual assistant or streaming device.” to the question as stated, these seem like reasonable answers. to a more specific question that limits this to “periods during which nobody has spoken the keyword that activates the smart speaker”, the answer might be different. > A snippet further down in the survey–48% of respondents said they cleared their browser history, a meaningless move against ad networks–suggests that many people remain confused about web tracking. did they do this as part of resetting a larger amount of browser state (e.g. cookies)? and was this action even motivated to protect against the ad industry, or to protect against physical access (theft; keeping secrets from family)? the survey question doesn’t specify. > Chubb’s survey surfaces comparable confusion about passwords, with 61% of respondents saying they struggle to keep track of them but only 35% reporting they use password managers like Google Password Manager. is using a password manager provided by an ad company supposed to protect you from that ad company learning more details about your life? what a motivated and lazy article. you can do better than this, Rob.