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[–] DillHoleBagHands 2 points 13 points (+15|-2) ago 

Imagine my fucking shock...

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[–] RedditIsTheBest111 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

CALM THE FUCK DOWN

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[–] IDintDoNuthin 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

FUCK DOWN!!

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[–] SparkS ago 

lol

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[–] SparkS ago 

yea... but the shits are way more sinister than more can imagine...

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[–] irelandLost 0 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|-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."

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[–] one_dim_tim 0 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?

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[–] headfire 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago  (edited ago)

  1. Is it possible?
  2. Is it sleazy?
  3. Is it beneficial to subhuman trash like advertisers?

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.

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[–] Peacethroughpower 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

what is it like to be a normie? i thought this was common knowlege over a decade ago, but nibbas don't even know who snowden is

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[–] DeliciousOnions 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think you misspelled nigger there, bud.

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[–] abwydyn 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

It's a meme, nnnguy.

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[–] slevin_kelevra 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Gizmod article: "They found no evidence of an app unexpectedly activating the microphone or sending audio out when not prompted to do so."

"screenshots and video recordings of what people were doing in apps were being sent to third party domains"

"This wasn’t a total surprise: Appsee proudly touts its ability to record what users are doing in an app on its website. What bothered the researchers was that it wasn’t evident to the user that their behavior was being recorded, something which wasn’t disclosed in GoPuff’s privacy policy. After the researchers contacted GoPuff, it added a disclosure to the policy acknowledging that “ApSee” might receive users PII. “As an added precaution, we also pulled Appsee SDK from the latest Android and iOS builds,” said the start-up’s spokesperson by email."

"The Google Play policy says you must disclose to users how their data will be collected."

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[–] StagOfMull 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

If you need a study to tell you this you truly are blind

It's not even spying if you are giving it permission to watch and listen to you.

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[–] Whiteflourguy ago 

I still have a old flip phone and keep the battery out unless I am going to use it.

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