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Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds. (news.northeastern.edu)
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The three biggest players in voice assistants –– Google, Apple and Amazon –– have radically different approaches to profiling users, Northeastern University researchers say.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

studies were done and found similar to what you're saying.

also the secret listening does not comport with any of the business side of profile marketing, either. So it would have to be an incredibly well kept secret on top of all of that.