• RandomlyAssigned@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My previous employer - a multi-billion dollar internet search company would secretly listen to people’s conversation via their mobile devices then place ads on the same devices (e.g in the browser search results or at the start of videos) based on keywords from the conversations, this had to be kept hidden of course and this large well-known company shall remain nameless.

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      1 year ago

      Is there something I can do to prevent this from happening? I don’t want to ditch my smartphone and use a fliphone tho

      • thorle@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Just don’t talk about stuff, write everything down or use hand gestures and you’re good 👍