Have you ever wondered how is it possible that you´re talking about a specific topic, and soon after you start to see ads realted to that topic. For years, conspiracy theorists have insisted that today's mobile phone listen to everything we say. Supportters of the theory argue that it is the only way to explain why users see online ads for products and services that they have talked about but never seached for on ther devices.
So... those it really listens to me?
NO! Your phone doesn't listen to you (or at least that´s what experts say). Experts at the mobile security company Wandera set out to test this theory recently and concluded that it is complete rubbish. For their research, Wandera´s team opened a host of apps including Facebook, Chrome, and Amazon, on both a Samsung Android phone and an Apple iPhone, with each app having full permissions. Then they placed the phones in a room where an audio ad loop for dog and cat food was played for 30 minutes. They also placed the identical phones in a quiet room. When the researchers later used the various apps, they didn't notice any ads realted to pet food. Furthermore, they saw nothing in the battery usage or data consumption of the phones indicating that the devices were "listening" in the audio room.
Any connection people make between their conversations and the ads they see on their devices is likely to be a coincidence, or the result of smart predictive algorithms.
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