Technology

admits isnt the right word, they are exaggerating their capabilities for the sake of marketing themselves to other marketing people who have no idea how device permissions or internet packets work.

"We always knew it"... No you just didnt know about your own confirmation basis, you didnt notice all those times when you hadn't talked about whatever you never shop for and it was shown in ads anyway.

If a marketing company had the ability to spy on behalf of advertising whats stopping some random app or the local police dept from doing it? And you can bet if this was at all possible the cops would be all over it to monitor "criminals"

Is anything about american leadership in politics or business ever good for people?

Honestly so disgusted with this country.

It aint just google n facebork. They all do it. Even if youre just hanging out not browsing it can hear the environment around you

Confirming what we already know. After the 100th time you get a recommendation for a product you mentioned in a conversation the day before you start to get a little suspicious.

My trust in Google and Facebook after this: 📉📉📉

Voice data doesn't have to mean live microphone. Voice data could be when you use Siri or Google and talk to your phone to search things.

It is worth noting that most phones, whether Android or iOS, now notify users when a service accesses the microphone. On Android, a green light appears in the upper right, while on iPhone, it’s an orange light.