thehatfox@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMarketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on peoplearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down16
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minus-squareTakumidesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoOr happened to be in the same place as someone who is looking up this type of thing (for example coworkers, or patrons of a park you visit often.) In reality, the other data that can be gathered is more useful and easier to work with than trying to parse audio and video all the time.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoPlus you’d absolutely see that traffic on your network, especially if you lived in an area where you only get like 5Mb/s down.
Or happened to be in the same place as someone who is looking up this type of thing (for example coworkers, or patrons of a park you visit often.)
In reality, the other data that can be gathered is more useful and easier to work with than trying to parse audio and video all the time.
Plus you’d absolutely see that traffic on your network, especially if you lived in an area where you only get like 5Mb/s down.