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I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone (simonwillison.net)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My roommate, an iPhone user and English only speaker, left his TV on the Spanish channel with his phone right next to it and left for work. When he came back home and checked his phone, all his Facebook and Twitter ads were in Spanish. This was at least 10 years ago.