boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoDo our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.english.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkDo our phones listen to our conversations? The answer is complicated.english.elpais.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
Our mobile devices listen to and collect a significant amount of data on us, even without using our microphones.
minus-squareArghZombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThat happens when it mis-hears a trigger word. You can enable and audible ‘ping’ noise to play when you activate Google Assistant. It’s in the accessibility settings. Worth doing so you know when it’s actually been triggered.
That happens when it mis-hears a trigger word. You can enable and audible ‘ping’ noise to play when you activate Google Assistant. It’s in the accessibility settings. Worth doing so you know when it’s actually been triggered.