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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWe have had stories like this one where marketers claim to be able to actively listen: https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/ Whether you believe them or not is important. But they are secretly claiming to have this capability.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoArticle doesn’t mention Alexa which is specifically what we’re talking about, but I get your point.
We have had stories like this one where marketers claim to be able to actively listen:
https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/
Whether you believe them or not is important. But they are secretly claiming to have this capability.
Article doesn’t mention Alexa which is specifically what we’re talking about, but I get your point.