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Android Microphone Snooping (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by czardestructo@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So I had a verbal conversation with a coworker yesterday and now I'm getting fed very specific ads. No possible way it's accidental. I have most of the microphone access to apps limited, I have Google assistant turned off and no VPA setup in my home. I use a Oneplus 9 pro, does anyone have recommendations on how to further root cause this or just par for the course for using any standard android OS? Have other folks had similar experience after locking down their stock phones?

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[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I bet using an adblock would make it much more difficult for your phone to call home. Try adaway

[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I have whole house ad blocking with a pihole and its enforced with pfsense. All DNS traffic gets NATed to pihole.

[–] anonymouse@lemmings.world 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How are you seeing ads at all, then?

[–] czardestructo@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It was a suggested article not an ad

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml -2 points 8 months ago

The inky way you'll ever remove ads 100% is by moving to a cave with no electricity. We can bring it down to a minimum, but these technics change daily, its impossible to keep up with all of them.

[–] zeluko@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

DNS filtering only gets you so far. Its far, but certainly not at the end of the road. More complex and differently designed systems wont be bothered much.
Encrypted DNS or simply hosting legitimate stuff on the same domain cannot really be fully blocked entirely or make your life difficult.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Excellent choice. Check the logs, there's more than enough evidence in there to shut up some of the creepy big tech defenders in here. I see over 70,000 attempts from my wife's phone alone trying to hit Samsung, Google or Meta. She doesn't even have any Meta accounts, but has a Samsung phone, take a hint.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 8 months ago

Why would you use that software in the first place