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Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones

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Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones

www.the-independent.com

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Your smartphone is listening to you

www.the-independent.com

Software from a company called Alphonso can be used to listen in to the environment around a user, to work out what they’re watching

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However: https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/your-phone-isnt-listening-to-you-but-the-truth-is-scarier/42345949.html
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    Useful response, well done.

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