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Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people(arstechnica.com)

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Maggoty@lemmy.world
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Talk about a new car near your phone.

Enjoy car ads.

Nope, nothing going on here.

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Bluefold@sh.itjust.works
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Always listening is somewhat preferable to ‘Has such an accurate profile on you from the data that is available that these instances happen by pure coincidence’. That’s way scarier and just as intrusive. At least with a listening device you can get rid of it.

Sad thing is, it’s likely both.

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spamspeicher@feddit.de
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  • What Phone manufacturer?
  • What OS/ Version?
  • When is that message displayed? When unlocking or in which app?
  • What does the message say exactly?
  • What mode of phone unlock is used?
  • Got a screenshot of the message? Or even better a photo of the taped camera and phone with the message?
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ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world
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Since when? I disable the camera through software and also use a makeshift lens cap attached to the phone case. Never once came across this. What phone are you using?

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Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world
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I’m skeptical of this, but I wouldn’t put it past them either.

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yamanii@lemmy.world
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Just like apps aren’t accessing your camera, but Zuckerberg that owns the second biggest ad company in the world, tapes his notebook camera.

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Terrasque@infosec.pub
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He’s arguably a big enough target to actually worry about custom hardware modification attacks.

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kandoh@reddthat.com
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I have a govee backlight for my tv which basically points a webcam into my living room

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