Comment on Researching alcohol interventions for a friend. I’ve seen more ads for alcohol than ever in my life
Coniferous@thegarden.land 1 year agoIt’s not. On the one hand is however many people saying “it’s obvious!” and on the other hand is no evidence of network traffic transmitting audio data. Why spend all the power to transmit audio, autotranscribe, and parse for specific keywords when they already track your browsing habits and those of your housemates?
Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s decoded on the device with the dedicated audio processor built into every smartphone since about 2010.
ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Is there any proof of this?
Listening to, and understanding, everything said within range of the phone should use noticeable processing power.
ToyDork@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
If that’s the case, I’m glad I keep my goddamn smartphone’s permissions locked as tight as I can. I’m so pissed off that Samsung decided to lock down their phones’ bootloaders that I bought a 512GB Google Pixel Pro and installed Graphine OS.
I will never use will be my last smartphone unless Fairphone starts doing business in Canada; I’d buy from a UK reseller but if I’m going to buy a phone I want to have access to the official warranty, which was not offered by the reseller I found, and repairable by even the best right-to-repair standards still means nothing if the local repair shops tell me they can’t order in Fairphone parts.