Like, we all know they’re listening , but can we provide proof?
My friend was complaining about all the new super surveillance that will be government required in cars after 2027, and I said to him dude you have a stock android, you use every AI slop feature, you use a smart TV on your unsecured network, and uses x every day. They have everything they could possibly need on him. Oh and he posts questionable things to fb daily under his real name.
Please stop quoting this misinformation.
Microphone hijacking is real, and it is common. The average user has been a victitm of it.
And in addition, Google and Apple effectively admitted to microphone spying in court.
Neither of those sources really disagree with what I said, though I do appreciate you adding the additional context because those things are worth knowing about
None of those are really the widespread, passive, undisclosed listening for advertising data that people imagine there to be and that OP appeared to be asking about. The google and apple lawsuit is about google assistant and siri triggering unintentionally, which is a feature that discloses its always listening which I mentioned at the very beginning
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/facebook-doesnt-need-listen-through-your-microphone-serve-you-creepy-ads old article but the eff is pretty reputable
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/features/no-your-iphone-isnt-listening-to-you-heres-but-the-truth-is-even-worse/ from 2025
Did they? I read the article and the conclusion is they got fined but didn’t admit to anything, nor was any proof shown that they did anything. The whole thing was about Siri getting activated by ambient noise.