One of my weirder hobbies is trying to convince people that the idea that companies are listening to you through your phone’s microphone and serving you targeted ads is a …

Not my title! I do think we are being listened to. And location tracked. And it’s being passed on to advertisers. Is it apple though? Probably not is my take away from this article, but I don’t trust plenty of others, and apple still does

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I guess a software based toggle is ok for downloaded third party apps on the phone. Just not anything by Google.

    And no I am only saying what I trust. I sadly have no toggle. Making an actual hardware toggle outside of the factory line is pretty hard. But disabling them on your device is pretty easy. You can easily make your USB port power only, unplug your camera and destroy the mic.

    If you use Graphene on the Pixel however, I think you’d be safe from anything Google to be honest.