• Melody Fwygon@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    No.

    Both Android and iOS do enforce permissions against applications that have not been granted explicit access to listen constantly.

    For example, the Google Assistant is a privileged app oftentimes; and it is allowed to listen. It does so by listening efficiently for one kind of sound, the hotword “Ok Google”.

    Other applications not only have to obtain user permission; but oftentimes that permission is restricted to be only granted “While app is in use”, meaning it’s the app on the screen, notifying the user, in the foreground, or recently opened. This permission prevents most abuses of the microphone unless someone is using an app.

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        1 year ago

        Google’s business model is end-to-end targetted advertising. They collect raw data, process it, and serve ads for customers. They do not sell data because that undermines their business plan.

        This company is making claims that they can do end to end advertising. That means they must get their voice data from some other source.