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I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone
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this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2025
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You are in the same geolocation as other people and they are searching for the stuff you're talking about. Try whispering to your phone alone in a closet.
I'm not ready for that kind of intimacy.
Do you connect to company WiFi?
Do you use a VPN for ALL company communications?
Not surprising. Samsung is one of the companies most openly spying and breaking laws. They’ve also been caught spying on their customers’ tv microphones.
Have you considered carbon monoxide poisoning? Maybe the disoriented you is snitching on you to advertising companies (/s just in case it is not clear).