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S6E1—Is My Smartphone Listening to Me?
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Is my smartphone listening to me? Too many creepy stories are out there about suspiciously perfect ads appearing after just a conversation with a friend!
So Adam starts getting a little paranoid and tries an experiment with some friends. Then he brings It to Chris to prove that our phone’s microphones have to be spying on us.
Welcome to the world of digital marketing which is still right in front of us but many people don’t entirely understand.
MARKETING TECH FROM EASY TO CREEPY MAGIC
LINKS & RESOURCES
What the big companies say
Lots of articles linked back to this one article… which Chris said was more sensational than getting to the bottom of anything.
Patents that Adam mentions
Studies we mention by universities or independent firms:
- Gizmodo: These Academics Spent the Last Year Testing Whether Your Phone Is Secretly Listening to You
- BBC: Why phones that secretly listen to us are a myth
What is the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon?
TED Talk from professor Zeynep Tufekci: We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
TALK BACK
Follow Device & Virtue on Instagram and Twitter.
Follow Chris and Adam on Twitter.
Support Device & Virtue on Patreon.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
83 episodes
Manage episode 306701099 series 2509404
Is my smartphone listening to me? Too many creepy stories are out there about suspiciously perfect ads appearing after just a conversation with a friend!
So Adam starts getting a little paranoid and tries an experiment with some friends. Then he brings It to Chris to prove that our phone’s microphones have to be spying on us.
Welcome to the world of digital marketing which is still right in front of us but many people don’t entirely understand.
MARKETING TECH FROM EASY TO CREEPY MAGIC
LINKS & RESOURCES
What the big companies say
Lots of articles linked back to this one article… which Chris said was more sensational than getting to the bottom of anything.
Patents that Adam mentions
Studies we mention by universities or independent firms:
- Gizmodo: These Academics Spent the Last Year Testing Whether Your Phone Is Secretly Listening to You
- BBC: Why phones that secretly listen to us are a myth
What is the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon?
TED Talk from professor Zeynep Tufekci: We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
TALK BACK
Follow Device & Virtue on Instagram and Twitter.
Follow Chris and Adam on Twitter.
Support Device & Virtue on Patreon.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
83 episodes
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