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Is your phone secretly listening to you? Here's an easy way to find out (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

To test if your phone is listening to your conversations, start by openly discussing a unique topic that you’ve never searched for or discussed previously while your phone is turned on next to you.

Let me stop you there. What about your TV, Internet-connected fridge, your Alexa device, your baby monitor, your security cameras, your voice-enabled fitness tracker, etc... ? Those could also all be listening to you. You'd never know which device is the real spy, so assume they all are.