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The Listening Devices

FILE DATE 2014
CROSS-REFS 02
STATUS NEVER CLOSED
SUMMARY
You bought the microphones yourself. The ads that follow your conversations are the receipt.
FULL DOSSIER
Voice assistants are confirmed to have recorded unintended audio reviewed by human contractors (Apple, Google, Amazon disclosures, 2019). The 'ads follow conversations' belief is contradicted by studies (Northeastern's 2018 audit found no audio exfiltration; targeting is explained by behavioral data) — the documented tracking is simply better than microphones. Links smart cities and the general voluntary-sensor problem.
SOURCES ON RECORD
01Apple/Google/Amazon reviewer disclosures (2019)
02Pan et al., Northeastern audit study (2018)
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