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    Is Google always listening: Live Test

    Mitchollow

    1 HN recommender · recommended in 3 months, 2018–2024

    YouTube

    8:56 · 25M views · Apr 13, 2018

    A creator runs an informal live test of whether Google or Facebook listen through the microphone to target ads, using Chrome on Windows 10. The description admits the methodology is flawed, including that live streaming itself records the microphone.

    Cited in threads about phones listening for ads as an anecdotal demonstration, though other commenters doubt it.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @Alir3z4Oct 2018· in “Ask HN: Is Google recording our conversations to serve us with relevant ads?”

      Here's a live test that may help you to believe this video and [LINK] In first video, a guy talks about dog toys and then he'll see ads related to what he talked about. Worth noting, he doesn't have dogs or searched about it. The ads are even specific to the toy colors he talked about.

      RecommendsView on HN
    2. @NadyaSep 2018· in “Ask HN: Is there any way an app can listen conversations secretly and show ads?”

      See: this video I tested this with my mother, telling her about this in person and talking about dog toys. My mother does not have a dog - but by the end of our 2 hour talk about how much she wanted to get her dog a dog toy she was getting advertisements for dog toys and dog food on Facebook. She has an iPhone.

      CitesView on HN
    3. @sandsparSep 2024· in “Company Says It Uses Your Phones Mic to Serve Ads for Facebook, Google, etc.”

      "Is Google Always Listening: Live Test" (6 years ago) this video Is this video bullshit? It seems like bullshit.

      CriticalView on HN