The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoLies, deception!startrek.websiteimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up11.61Karrow-down133
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minus-squareEmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down12·11 months agoNah, they’re always listening, what you described is just a placebo button.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·11 months agowhy is this downvoted? you cant prove its not, if its proprietry. and since the companies listening just happen to profit off data collection (and break/bend the law often), its safe to assume they do this.
minus-squareslackassassin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoBecause you can prove it by monitoring network requests with a packet sniffer, which has been done.
minus-squareaStonedSanta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoInteresting. I haven’t seen this myself but it wouldn’t really surprise me.
minus-squareelscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s a standard tactic for people who do networking things
minus-squareaStonedSanta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah. I work in that general field but not at the user level like that so never got into packet sniffing. Now’s as good a time as ever eh?
minus-squareEmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoProbably bots controlled by people hired by the companies that spy on us through those things.
Nah, they’re always listening, what you described is just a placebo button.
why is this downvoted? you cant prove its not, if its proprietry. and since the companies listening just happen to profit off data collection (and break/bend the law often), its safe to assume they do this.
Because you can prove it by monitoring network requests with a packet sniffer, which has been done.
Interesting. I haven’t seen this myself but it wouldn’t really surprise me.
It’s a standard tactic for people who do networking things
Yeah. I work in that general field but not at the user level like that so never got into packet sniffing. Now’s as good a time as ever eh?
Probably bots controlled by people hired by the companies that spy on us through those things.