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I found this page after being pitched the service directly by a salesperson at Cox Media Group. They're claiming to target ads in real time based on private con

• Spivak 3y ago
  Honestly impressive if they found a way to passively activate the mic on iPhones without the indicator being on and someone noticing. Because if all they get is some mic data when apps record like Snapchat that's gotta be some low-value data.
  • lxgr 3y ago
    It’s almost certainly that – the alternative would hopefully get all apps implicated in that scheme kicked out of the App Store immediately (for circumventing the user-facing privacy settings).
  • yetanother12345 3y ago
    > a way to passively activate the mic Two comments: 1) I would not be using the singular, even if there is just one mic that you can turn on-off. From an audio perspective it makes perfect sense with extra microphones to measure ambient noise levels in order to improve quality in the consumer-operated mics and speakers. Also, in case the phone has some voice-enabled "assistant" feature that you can just speak to by name, like, eh, Google/Siri? 2) I would not blindly assume that you, as a user, can dictate which of these microphones are turned on/off, or when. But then, that's just me.
• kylehotchkiss 3y ago
  I'm guessing this wasn't intended for public consumption, can't believe they even left this online!