They allegedly record your listening history.
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Israeli researchers show that even if you're paranoid enough to remove your computer's microphone, malware can convert your headphones into spy bugs.
iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says
Your call logs get sent to Apple’s servers whenever iCloud is on — something Apple does not disclose.
Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching
Class-action suit claims Otter AI secretly records private work conversations
The suit claims the popular service may be recording and processing millions of users' private conversations without consent.
The always-listening Apple Watch
Audio Fingerprinting using the AudioContext API
Audio fingerprinting takes advantage of device performance specs to build up an identifying fingerprint of a user. It uses the AudioContext API for this
Disney Sued for Spying on Kids Using iPhone, Android Apps
Apps used to collect info without permission, suit claims
EFF’s "Spying on Students" Report Highlights Tech Companies’ Data
San Francisco—School children are being spied on by tech companies through devices and software used in classrooms that often collect and store kids’ names, birth dates, browsing histories, location
Hackers Can Silently Control Siri From 16 Feet Away
A clever attack by French researchers turns your headphone cable into an antenna to send surreptitious voice commands.
Spanish football league defends phone 'spying'
La Liga was found to be using the microphone and GPS on Android devices during match times.
Meta tightens privacy policy around Ray-Ban glasses to boost AI training
Your voice recordings will now be stored no matter what.
Florida cops are quietly using Meta smart glasses
Privacy advocates warn the glasses could let cops record people without them noticing.
Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
SynthID comes to audio.
Drug Dealer's Lawyers Want To Know How Yahoo Is Recovering Communications It Previously Said Were Unrecoverable
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The Gyroscopes in Your Phone Could Let Apps Eavesdrop on Conversations
In the age of surveillance paranoia, most smartphone users know better than to give a random app or website permission to use their device’s microphone. But researchers have found there’s another, little-considered sensor in modern phones that can also listen in on their conversations. And it doesn’t even need to ask. In a presentation at \[…\]
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. cbsnews.com/news/google-voice-assistant-l…
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
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