One of my weirder hobbies is trying to convince people that the idea that companies are listening to you through your phone’s microphone and serving you targeted ads is a …

Not my title! I do think we are being listened to. And location tracked. And it’s being passed on to advertisers. Is it apple though? Probably not is my take away from this article, but I don’t trust plenty of others, and apple still does

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4210·
    3 days ago

    I’ll tell you my story, believe it or not.

    I had a Samsung phone. got sick and tired of getting not just targeted advertising about shit I had spoken about, buy also targeted emails as well. really freaky shit.

    I switched phones. got a fairphone with e/os.

    it’s been about 2 years now. my old Samsung is a phone I use strictly for work. it only exists inside my office and is never taken outside of the room.

    ALL my ads and emails are about work related topics now.

    I could talk about stuffing cheetos up my rectum outside my office and never see an ad for chester cheetah. as soon as I say anything about it in the office, boom!

    Sure, Google, or Amazon, or Facebook may not be listening to you…but that doesn’t mean Samsung someone isn’t listening and selling them that information.

    • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
      168·
      3 days ago

      You are in the same geolocation as other people and they are searching for the stuff you’re talking about. Try whispering to your phone alone in a closet.

    • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      Not surprising. Samsung is one of the companies most openly spying and breaking laws. They’ve also been caught spying on their customers’ tv microphones.

    • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      37·
      3 days ago

      Have you considered carbon monoxide poisoning? Maybe the disoriented you is snitching on you to advertising companies (/s just in case it is not clear).