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Google is always listening??? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by rocksolid@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Can anyone tell this meme is true or false? I don't have Gspy so I cannot test this

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[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's far too easy to change the software that drives that. For example, in order to minimize blatant power drain the trigger mic could easily become a switch that activates the main mic only when human voices are detected (or even specific voices). With authoritarian governments on the rise — along with the more than willing corporations backing them — I don't think a bit of paranoia regarding the possibility is unwarranted.

ETA: Also there's nothing saying the hardware can't be updated for newer capabilities without anyone on the outside knowing. It'd be pretty easy to get away with once everyone gets lulled into a false sense of security regarding how they work.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago

If I was running a fascist government, I wouldn't enable my spyware on every phone--that would make it too easy to detect and it would mean the people I'm spying on would take measures to protect themselves.

Instead, I would leave a backdoor open so that I could activate the specific phone of a specific person, a phone unlikely to be monitored in a lab by a security geek.

[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which is why shit is continuously tested. Guys, billions of dollars goes into this. It's not hard to find extra data pushed into packets. Far more complex shit is the norm.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

Where did the money for all that come from? Where will it come from in the future as the wealth transfer to the few continues apace?

Yeah, no - I'm not inclined to rest easy. Just because more complex methods are available for use doesn't mean the old standbys are forgotten.