So I had a verbal conversation with a coworker yesterday and now I’m getting fed very specific ads. No possible way it’s accidental. I have most of the microphone access to apps limited, I have Google assistant turned off and no VPA setup in my home. I use a Oneplus 9 pro, does anyone have recommendations on how to further root cause this or just par for the course for using any standard android OS? Have other folks had similar experience after locking down their stock phones?

    • AnEilifintChorcra@sopuli.xyz
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      4 months ago

      Facebook isn’t randomly turning on your microphone to sell you more targeted ads, as some conspiracy theories have asserted

      the company admitted that it had been employing third-party contractors to transcribe the audio messages that users exchanged on its Messenger app.

      They’re using data that people sent to their servers. If they were turning on peoples mics and sending the recordings to themselves then anyone that monitors their network traffic at all would notice all of that data being uploaded.