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[-] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

How the fuck would it do that when you're not logged into the fucking TV or DVD player?

Why do websites have this in their cookie notices? I don't think it's purely decorational now, is it?

I highly, highly doubt that Google uses your microphone for advertising. 95% of the information is available through other, obviously legal means.

Additionally, there's one glaring reason Google is not doing it: Because it would be impossible to keep it a secret for so long. It would take hundreds, maybe thousands of different employees (over the years) to maintain a secret microphone listenting tool that is both performant and nearly impossible to detect. It would take merely a single person to leak it all and cause the demise of Google.

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