Cox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phones::undefined

      • lud@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Source?

        Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)

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      11 months ago

      There’s a dozen ways they could jump the air gap.

      Ultrasonic to a phone or Alexa/Siri/etc, connect to an unsecured network, send data to a neighbor’s smart TV which is connected to Internet, Bluetooth or other to a phone

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        11 months ago

        That would add a ludicrous amount of cost to the device in both material cost and R&D. It’s so incredibly unlikely that any company would make that investment just to spy on the conversations of ordinary citizens when there are far cheaper and easier ways for them to build and sell advertising profiles.

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          11 months ago

          Ludicrous R&D?

          Ultrasound is used by Microsoft teams, some apps use it to transmit data between phones. Back in the day there was a chrome app to transfer links.

          Amazon sidewalk already connects devices together. Samsung Smart things already bridges Samsung devices. Apple Air tags already use “primary” Internet connected devices to transmit data about “secondary” devices.

          None of this is new tech, it’s all feasible.