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To bad the discussion devolved because the other party was an ass-hat.
Back on topic... It is very possible/likely that any and every electronic which was not made by yourself has a microphone installed by some foreign or domestic entity with the intent of spying on us. See this article from all the way back in 2005: https://newatlas.com/go/4604/
If they were that small back then, they could be near invisible by now if not fully integrated into PCB in order to reduce the threat of detection.
The quote from 1894 by George Orwell posted by /u/TH0UGHTP0LICE above is more relevant now more than ever, we live in scary times.
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It isn't just the actual device to worry about either. Even if the microphone is there for a legitimate reason and welcomed by the user (such as on a smart phone) and the company itself is not abusing it, it is easy for a 3rd party app to hijack it. Something as benign as a news or weather app can be sending your data back to some agency or a foreign entity w/o your knowledge.
It is even beyond that: I went to buy an adapter the other day that will allow you to project your iPhone onto a TV with HDMI (yes I know about Bluetooth, but I refused to buy a smart TV because of concerns of "spying" etc.), and there was a much cheaper version of it from a Chinese company, but it required you to "just check the box that this is a trusted device". WTF?
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[–] trazzz 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
For sure, it's Google
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I had a discussion about this with another user about a couple weeks ago, see here: https://voat.co/v/whatever/3017388/16595679/10#16595679
To bad the discussion devolved because the other party was an ass-hat.
Back on topic... It is very possible/likely that any and every electronic which was not made by yourself has a microphone installed by some foreign or domestic entity with the intent of spying on us. See this article from all the way back in 2005: https://newatlas.com/go/4604/
If they were that small back then, they could be near invisible by now if not fully integrated into PCB in order to reduce the threat of detection.
The quote from 1894 by George Orwell posted by /u/TH0UGHTP0LICE above is more relevant now more than ever, we live in scary times.
[–] HAESisalie ago (edited ago)
It isn't just the actual device to worry about either. Even if the microphone is there for a legitimate reason and welcomed by the user (such as on a smart phone) and the company itself is not abusing it, it is easy for a 3rd party app to hijack it. Something as benign as a news or weather app can be sending your data back to some agency or a foreign entity w/o your knowledge.
It is even beyond that: I went to buy an adapter the other day that will allow you to project your iPhone onto a TV with HDMI (yes I know about Bluetooth, but I refused to buy a smart TV because of concerns of "spying" etc.), and there was a much cheaper version of it from a Chinese company, but it required you to "just check the box that this is a trusted device". WTF?