I think google is spying on us ,when our phones are in the room

[darkv0rt3x]

I think we are almost all aware that state-sponsored survaillance is ongoing for ages. I watched a small clip (not sure it was only click bait or true) where Edward Snowden says that he removes the microphones of his phones (and probably cameras too) so that his conversations cannot be recorded/spied on. While searching for this clip I also found this interesting documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaUemcqIQ-k.

There are alliances world wide taking care of all the survaillance our states need, like PRISM, 5 EYES and others.
Check this for example:

https://nordvpn.com/blog/five-eyes-alliance/

and this one too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

One other on PRISM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

And finally this one should give us a general overview about the stage we are at on Global Survaillance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

Damn scary, to be honest!

[sovie]

I think we are almost all aware that state-sponsored survaillance is ongoing for ages. I watched a small clip (not sure it was only click bait or true) where Edward Snowden says that he removes the microphones of his phones (and probably cameras too) so that his conversations cannot be recorded/spied on. While searching for this clip I also found this interesting documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaUemcqIQ-k.

There are alliances world wide taking care of all the survaillance our states need, like PRISM, 5 EYES and others.
Check this for example:

https://nordvpn.com/blog/five-eyes-alliance/

and this one too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

One other on PRISM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

And finally this one should give us a general overview about the stage we are at on Global Survaillance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

Damn scary, to be honest!

The last link you have mentioned talks about Snowden. If you happen to watch Snowden than surly you will be able to realize how much we are exposed to the agencies and surveillance authorities. That is how the spy work - they are smarter than we even think. But of course there is no stopping to it. We have exposed ourselves to them by bringing in smart these devices.

[cabron]

I think we are almost all aware that state-sponsored survaillance is ongoing for ages. I watched a small clip (not sure it was only click bait or true) where Edward Snowden says that he removes the microphones of his phones (and probably cameras too) so that his conversations cannot be recorded/spied on. While searching for this clip I also found this interesting documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaUemcqIQ-k.

There are alliances world wide taking care of all the survaillance our states need, like PRISM, 5 EYES and others.
Check this for example:

https://nordvpn.com/blog/five-eyes-alliance/

and this one too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

One other on PRISM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

And finally this one should give us a general overview about the stage we are at on Global Survaillance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

Damn scary, to be honest!

The last link you have mentioned talks about Snowden. If you happen to watch Snowden than surly you will be able to realize how much we are exposed to the agencies and surveillance authorities. That is how the spy work - they are smarter than we even think. But of course there is no stopping to it. We have exposed ourselves to them by bringing in smart these devices.

They are smarter today that even when you just think about something, you can instantly see an ad on your phone about what you just thought. Without mentioning anything but only thinking about something like "cooking pancakes" you might just see an advert about it on your phone.

Try that. These bots are already going into our minds. Whats funny is that they are checking us whether we are bots thru the captcha. 

[Theones]

They are smarter today that even when you just think about something, you can instantly see an ad on your phone about what you just thought. Without mentioning anything but only thinking about something like "cooking pancakes" you might just see an advert about it on your phone.

Try that. These bots are already going into our minds. Whats funny is that they are checking us whether we are bots thru the captcha. 

LOL - i dont think these bots are that advanced that they will be able to read the minds of the people.
However - your searches on the IP address can bring in the same kind of ads on all the devices at the same IP address.

[Oceat]

They are smarter today that even when you just think about something, you can instantly see an ad on your phone about what you just thought. Without mentioning anything but only thinking about something like "cooking pancakes" you might just see an advert about it on your phone.

Try that. These bots are already going into our minds. Whats funny is that they are checking us whether we are bots thru the captcha.  

LOL - i dont think these bots are that advanced that they will be able to read the minds of the people.
However - your searches on the IP address can bring in the same kind of ads on all the devices at the same IP address.

I think it's not just the IP address that we are talking about here since the pattern that I noticed was like when you see a certain words it automatically registered or shown up in your search bar. They can read what we are reading and at the same time they know what was your ideal type to search hence your caches/history in internet browser is affected which then they will show you what are your type of reference you wanted.

[darkv0rt3x]

They are smarter today that even when you just think about something, you can instantly see an ad on your phone about what you just thought. Without mentioning anything but only thinking about something like "cooking pancakes" you might just see an advert about it on your phone.

Try that. These bots are already going into our minds. Whats funny is that they are checking us whether we are bots thru the captcha. 

LOL - i dont think these bots are that advanced that they will be able to read the minds of the people.
However - your searches on the IP address can bring in the same kind of ads on all the devices at the same IP address.

heheh, I wouldn't go that far either, but probably close.
Once I heard about this technology Facebook was using that allowed them to collect data from pixels in your phone screen, reconstruct an image and target ads according to that reconstructed image or something similar to this.

It's ridiculous what technology allow people to do. When we think about this, AI, robots, Alexas and Co, I really think we are kinda doomed! That's why we need to give more importance to our sovereignty, privacy, intellectual and private property!

[yhiaali3]

Yes, this is true, Google has been spying on us for a long time, but few people know that. Some people think that spying is through writing or browsing websites only, but the fact is that spying is done through the microphone and through the camera as well. There are also applications to spy on someone By recording all phone calls, as well as recording all surrounding sounds remotely, as well as the possibility of operating the camera remotely, monitoring the call log, Facebook conversations, Telegram, WhatsApp, locating and all these things that may not occur to many.
The only difference is that the spy apps need to be implanted on the victim's device and give it the required permissions there, but Google has all the powers that you gave it to it when agreeing to the terms of use.

[PrivacyG]

It is nowadays VERY difficult to keep your privacy at a high level.  With smart TV's collecting information about what you are watching, smart phones collecting all sorts of information about you in a very intrusive way, Google and Alexa listening to what you are saying all the time and everything else going digital and 'smart', you are pretty much invaded by surveillance and control over the life of yours that is supposed to be private.

I suggest doing one of two things.  Either de-Googling your phone or flashing a privacy focused ROM like mk4 said.  There are pros and cons obviously, the largest ones being that de-Googling removes bloatware and spyware while maintaining device security and on the other hand privacy increasing ROM's such as Lineage may get you rid of everything Google related but only by decreasing device security.  It has been proven before that Lineage OS may be more privacy friendly but the security risks may not be worth the change.

On the other hand.  While for Android devices this is obvious, keep in mind the same surveillance is happening on Windows devices as well.  You just notice it less.  So my advice is that if you make this change on your Android device, then move on from using Windows as well and maybe get rid of your Smart TV and Alexa.  Whatever is 'smart' today is mostly a spying device that we voluntarily introduce in our houses.

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Regards,
PrivacyG

[SuperMariob]

I think google is spying on us ,when our phones are in the room

I was talking about something a few minutes ago , and when i opened youtube , i got an ad on the video ,about the same thing i was talking about ...how do they know ? if not spying ...
Same weird ads i got this month a lot ...

Do you guys noticed same precise ads on your devices also ? Like they know what you want,need etc ....do you get that feeling "how did they know ?"

https://www.news18.com/news/tech/google-admits-listening-to-some-user-conversations-via-assistant-report-3914696.html

Same thing happened to this guys:
https://www.quora.com/Are-Google-and-YouTube-spying-on-us-over-the-microphone-I-ve-seen-suggestions-in-YouTube-that-I-have-never-searched-for-The-only-way-they-knew-is-by-listening-through-my-microphone-As-my-friend-recommended-me-to
https://www.quora.com/Is-Google-listening-to-me-all-the-time-via-my-Android-smartphone

It happens the same to me very often. If I speak about something with my wife or my friends and after few minutes I open internet I see ads related to my discussion.
They are definitely spying on us in order to give us targeted ads.

[DeathAngel]

Think about those people who use Alexa & Apple Home  products. They’re even worse than Google, I don’t know why people use these type of things, it’s so bad for their privacy.

[SuperMariob]

Think about those people who use Alexa & Apple Home  products. They’re even worse than Google, I don’t know why people use these type of things, it’s so bad for their privacy.

I use them. But I admit I'm really worried about my privacy. The problem is that I love tech and all my home is handled by Alexa. Songs, lights, even window shutters.

[jaberwock]

I think google is spying on us ,when our phones are in the room

I was talking about something a few minutes ago , and when i opened youtube , i got an ad on the video ,about the same thing i was talking about ...how do they know ? if not spying ...
Same weird ads i got this month a lot ...

Do you guys noticed same precise ads on your devices also ? Like they know what you want,need etc ....do you get that feeling "how did they know ?"

Interesting. If you think it's because of your microphone which google can access then why not turn it off on the settings? Every app should have an option if you will allow access to them. Actually, I found out the same thing long time ago and I even search this on google out my curiosity, while I don't think this was because of our microphone but for me I think it was because of our search history. That's what google gets an idea and suggests you with a keywords that are close to it.

It's weird and shocking at first but once you get the hang out of it, you will say that it was helpful because we can save too much time typing the same thing.

[gweb1996]

I think google is spying on us ,when our phones are in the room

I was talking about something a few minutes ago , and when i opened youtube , i got an ad on the video ,about the same thing i was talking about ...how do they know ? if not spying ...
Same weird ads i got this month a lot ...

Do you guys noticed same precise ads on your devices also ? Like they know what you want,need etc ....do you get that feeling "how did they know ?"

Interesting. If you think it's because of your microphone which google can access then why not turn it off on the settings? Every app should have an option if you will allow access to them. Actually, I found out the same thing long time ago and I even search this on google out my curiosity, while I don't think this was because of our microphone but for me I think it was because of our search history. That's what google gets an idea and suggests you with a keywords that are close to it.

It's weird and shocking at first but once you get the hang out of it, you will say that it was helpful because we can save too much time typing the same thing.

You can't "turn the microphone off" , they can control your phone no matter what you do ... if battery is not removed ... why do you think they removed from new smartphones option to remove battery ?

[mich]

I am definitely a bit cautious when it comes to Google potentially listening in on my calls or even recording my passive conversations when I’m not on the phone. It may sound paranoid but I am very suspicious of Google and I question their ethics.

They certainly have the technical ability to listen in and they haven’t shown much restraint historically. They consistently have shown a disregard for peoples privacy in the past and I have seen little evidence of them taking responsibility for it. I would rather be on the safe side and be a bit overly cautious but that’s just me.

[Theones]

I am definitely a bit cautious when it comes to Google potentially listening in on my calls or even recording my passive conversations when I’m not on the phone. It may sound paranoid but I am very suspicious of Google and I question their ethics.

They certainly have the technical ability to listen in and they haven’t shown much restraint historically. They consistently have shown a disregard for peoples privacy in the past and I have seen little evidence of them taking responsibility for it. I would rather be on the safe side and be a bit overly cautious but that’s just me.

I am not joking - but I visiting a friend yesterday - and the kids and every family member was throwing the phone here and there because they also thought that they are being spied by their phones and they are being listened and heard and seen through their phone - I was like shocked for a moment - what is everyone doing ???I suggested all of them to have a session with psychologist!

[Cryptock]

Not only google but every app that contains ads that we just hit the agree button without reading it.

They're like that and I don't know how do they call that but it's like an algorithm and everything that our phone hears from us, it's quick to register for those ads and they'll show to our feed.

The same goes for search for our PCs, whatever we search, there's the algo for the ads that will eventually come out later on.

they spy us via the phone microphones < -- it's illegal guys ,FBI needs warrant to tap phones , and Google does it without asking permission etc...

The same for Facebook too. But I'm sure they all know that but they did nothing or did they already?

And not only with the microphones but also with the cameras. So be careful with what you agree in permissions because it's important to have at least knowledge on what you allow and what you not.

Even if FBI sues google, they'll just pay them the fine.

WE are living in the world where we have also accepted so many terms and conditions to give the company's permission to use our personal data and share it with anyone we wish to. So we cannot blame anyone for the leak of personal info - but we are solely responsible for all this.

[L1ghtFame]

Snowden said that a long time ago, so why should we be surprised?

[datguy]

Damn, I thought I was randomly popping up ads for what I want.

[Ucy]

Not only google but every app that contains ads that we just hit the agree button without reading it.

They're like that and I don't know how do they call that but it's like an algorithm and everything that our phone hears from us, it's quick to register for those ads and they'll show to our feed.

The same goes for search for our PCs, whatever we search, there's the algo for the ads that will eventually come out later on.

they spy us via the phone microphones < -- it's illegal guys ,FBI needs warrant to tap phones , and Google does it without asking permission etc...

The same for Facebook too. But I'm sure they all know that but they did nothing or did they already?

And not only with the microphones but also with the cameras. So be careful with what you agree in permissions because it's important to have at least knowledge on what you allow and what you not.

Even if FBI sues google, they'll just pay them the fine.

WE are living in the world where we have also accepted so many terms and conditions to give the company's permission to use our personal data and share it with anyone we wish to. So we cannot blame anyone for the leak of personal info - but we are solely responsible for all this.

A World where both the ignorant and illiterate ones are allowed to Accept Terms they do not understand or without the guidance of qualify people like lawyers to help them make the right choices. Wish the Terms & Conditions are clear and simple to understand, and they must be moral. It's not for example right for companies to ask people to accept Terms that go against the rights that have been guaranteed to them naturally. And it's important to always reject them publicly even though you have accepted the terms. If they do otherwise or go against your own Terms they could get punished, not necessarily by human govts. Who exactly? Well, there are things I would rather not reveal.

[Atropol25]

Same thing happened to me over and over. And I had never talked about that topic before, so Google didn't get that from my search history or something.
The thing that bothers me is that no one talks about this. I only saw a good show with John Oliver that takled the issue and he interviewed Snowden!