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Ask HN: Is anyone monitoring popular apps to check if they're listening?

Everyone's heard the conspiracy that Facebook and Instagram record audio from your phone's microphone and use it to recommend you advertising...

Is there any evidence of this? or are there any groups monitoring the appstore binaries to tell if they actually sending voice data over the wire?

94 points gitgud 5 years ago 91 comments

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