In a revelation that’s bound to raise eyebrows, a company working closely with tech giants like Amazon and Facebook has confirmed what many have long suspected: it is interesting to note that your phone is listening to you in fact. This statement has brought back the controversy of privacy especially in todays informatics and technological developments and how our gadgets are invading our privacy.
How Your Phone is Listening to You
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The thought that your phone listens to you is half-batshit crazy, but like most conspiracies, it is real in some cases. Businesses rely on complex language models to process spoken word, with the aim of enhancing the experiences by feeding their consumers with the right ads or content. For instance, have you or someone ever discussed a particular product, and immediately thereafter, you come across an advert for the same product? That is why this is not a coincidence, but one of the main features of the phone – capturing and processing sound information.
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Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and similar gadgets are incredibly useful helping millions of customers around the world but the line between what is helpful and what is invasive has been further blurred. Such assistants are programmed to stay alert for phrases like ‘Hey Siri’ or ‘Alexa.’ Anyway, in order to pick up these phrases, they have to listen all the time, and sometimes, they overhear much more than is desired.
While the idea that your phone is listening to you might be unsettling, there are steps you can take to protect your privacy: While the idea that your phone is listening to you might be unsettling, there are steps you can take to protect your privacy:
Review App Permissions: Especially, frequently monitor the applications that have the access to this particular device – the microphone and remove the permissions from those applications which do not require it.
Turn Off Voice Assistants: If you are not a heavy voice assistant user or you do not wish to use any at all, then the best thing to do is to turn off all voice assistants.
Use Privacy-Focused Apps: Use applications whose privacy policies are disclosed and which respect user privacy.
Final Thoughts Phone is listening to you.
It is an alarming experience that the phone is listening to you, and this simply brings out the reality of privacy loss in a bid to make our lives easier. The more advanced technology gets, the more one has to stay abreast of current trends and not take a passive role in keeping one’s data secure. Technology has become a very useful tool in everyday life yet it is almost impossible to distinguish where helpful technology begins and intrusive technology ends, and I believe that it lies with us to make sure that it does not cross the latter line.
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