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[–] BrilliantIdiot@gaygeek.social 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

@Track_Shovel

After the recent news (again) that advertisers are actively listening to the microphone on your devices 24/7, I'm gonna hard pass on this.

Title is funny as hell though.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait til you see what your car is picking up

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That only applies to people with cars that are less than around 10yrs old.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

That only applies to people with cars ~~that are less than around 10yrs old.~~

[–] Robbsen1@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Problem is with all the sensors and cameras surrounding modern cars they are also recording stuff happening around them.

[–] BrilliantIdiot@gaygeek.social 7 points 1 month ago

@Track_Shovel

Oh yeah, you're not wrong. Makes me happy I had a motorcycle when I drove. Rented a car once and read through the manual. Amazed it had a camera built into the dash to monitor how aware the driver was.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Got a source on that? I love that this rumor goes around every few months and nicely reminds me which communities are full of terrible media literacy.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you think of the discussion here? Do you still believe the sensational headline?

(Also way to prove my point)

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the active listening article is very vague and apart from fantasizing about 24/7 surveillance everywhere for everyone it doesn't say a whole lot directly, so in my mind it's best to assume the worst case scenario

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In other words you choose to believe what you want to believe and don’t care about facts. Neat.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

I'll gladly believe something else if they claim something else, but their claims are very dystopian