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Do our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated. (english.elpais.com)
submitted 1 year ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.

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[–] tooting_lemmy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

You don't have to even disable it, just turn off voice commands. You can still activate it by pushing a button. Personally Ive been using Bing chat over Google assistant for a few months now.