A British consumer group found that three air fryers it tested all wanted to “record audio on the user’s phone, for no specified reason”. Read it at @TechRadar. #Cybersecurity #DataPrivacy #China #Tech Technology https://flip.it/t_rVnj

  • snooggums@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    My guess is the 'legitimate reason is for voice activation and a bunch of companies are just adding that to everything to justify harvesting more data.

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      18 hours ago

      Why do we need to guess? It’s not that difficult to check, but I guess that would require actual journalism.