yeah, alphonso appeared on my mibox, eset called it a trojan right after the update. had to delete it through adb, cause its a "system app"
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Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones
(www.the-independent.com)
No they dont , they dont have to. Far easier to get things other ways.
Yes, but also no. You're underestimating advertisers' greed for data.
It's actually trivial nowadays to build a background service like that.
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me to my phone right now

Beer pong
Yeah that sounds like an app user who would be okay with his audio being recorded...
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is this still a surprise to anyone here?
I remember a bunch of people freaking out about this a few years ago and an equal number telling them they were paranoid.
You can talk about stuff and your phone will just magically start suggesting related items. Why would anyone be surprised the monitoring device in their pocket is monitoring them?
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