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Your Phone Isn’t Eavesdropping on You to Show You Ads (It’s Worse Than That) (lifehacker.com)
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I changed the title from "Spying" to "Eavesdropping" because the article actually directly supports that it is "spying" on you, just not listening.

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[–] AugustWest@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am not downplaying the phone spying on me, I imagine it is.

But ads are the least of my concerns. I see less ads now than at any other time in my life.

So how do I know if it is happening to me?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I believe this is how you know:

Cogito, ergo sum res venalis

  • René Descartes

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I think, therefore I am a product to be sold