L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phoneswww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkCox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phoneswww.fastcompany.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·1 year agoI’m sure it will show no traffic whatsoever if you don’t connect your TV to your network
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSource? Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSource that it happens obviously. You claimed that they connected to open networks.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat is just a bunch of more speculation.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoNo, there is no proof of it happening and it’s extremely likely to be coincidences or even made up. It’s the internet after all.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down9·1 year agoThere’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
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoBut this would be proven then?
minus-squareLazaroFilm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAt that point the customer acquisition cost is t worth it.
I’m sure it will show no traffic whatsoever if you don’t connect your TV to your network
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Source?
Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)
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Source that it happens obviously.
You claimed that they connected to open networks.
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That is just a bunch of more speculation.
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No, there is no proof of it happening and it’s extremely likely to be coincidences or even made up. It’s the internet after all.
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
But this would be proven then?
At that point the customer acquisition cost is t worth it.