[–] irelandLost 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Even Orwell imagined we would be supplied with teleboxes by the Party. If you told him way back when we would be paying nearly a grand of our own hard earned for such a device he'd likely have realised we weren't worth trying to save anyway.
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[–] captainstrange 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
You're a helluva writer kalgon.
Still a better dystopia than 1984.
"In the grim dark future of 2020 there is only THE SMELL. Mankind all live in elevators, farting and being farted upon."
[–] headfire 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
If the answer to each of these questions is "yes", then any comm. tech. company will do it at first opportunity, as much as possible for as long as possible. This includes: social media, ISPs, cell phone manufacturers, cell phone service providers, streaming content service providers, home automation service providers, basically any company that writes software for human interaction.
No further "proof" required.
[–] one_dim_tim 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Misleading title. No evidence from the university study suggests microphone/camera video, the study is about screenshots. Also, the link is straight regurgitation of the Gizmodo story.
“We didn’t see any evidence that people’s conversations are being recorded secretly,” said David Choffnes, one of the authors of the paper. “What people don’t seem to understand is that there’s a lot of other tracking in daily life that doesn’t involve your phone’s camera or microphone that give a third party just as comprehensive a view of you.”
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[–] ThisIsntMe123 ago
This is for APPS. Not saying Google doesn't or can't, but this is if you install 3rd party apps. They said no proof of Google doing it. They're also napping permissions in the background. Further, can't you stop access on newer versions of Android?
[–] kris2323 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Interesting to know -> The experiment involved more than 17,000 of the most popular Android apps using ten different phones. During the study, the researchers started to see that screenshots and video recordings of what people were doing in apps were being sent to third party domains. For example, when one of the phones used an app from GoPuff, a delivery start-up for people who have sudden cravings for junk food, the interaction with the app was recorded and sent to a domain affiliated with Appsee, a mobile analytics company. The video included a screen where you could enter personal information—in this case, their zip code.
[–] RealitySucksSorry ago
Hope you like what you hear. America won't die.