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> less tech-inclined privacy-conscious consumers That group is much smaller than most tech-conscious people imagine (at least outside of Germany). My experien
by miki123211 3y ago
> less tech-inclined privacy-conscious consumers
That group is much smaller than most tech-conscious people imagine (at least outside of Germany).
My experience with people outside of the tech bubble is that people care a lot more about privacy from their bosses / exes / partners / parents (and very occasionally law enforcement), but almost never about privacy from big companies.
The only thing that actually makes people scared is seeing ads for products that they were recently discussing in person, and that's actually due to coincidence and search history, not, as they think, devices listening on them. I keep pointing this out every time the same thing happens on (linear) TV.
- 20after4 3y agoWhat makes you so sure that devices aren't listening? Apparently there used to be (maybe still is) a loophole where apps can listen for specific keywords the same way the phone listens for "hey siri" or "ok google" ... apps can stuff a whole bunch of keywords into the list and listen for them that way without explicitly processing all of the audio from your device.
- Suppafly 3y ago>but almost never about privacy from big companies Mostly because privacy prevents a lot of desirable features from working.