< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/BA/50/IB-FRS3S29TF_515153B.jpg" Alt = "How smartphones eavesdroot users and how can you protect yourself"/> ~ ~ < p > more than 60% of smartphone owners are convinced that their gadgets are listening to conversations. These fears are not groundless & mdash; Numerous scandals involving Meta, Google and Apple prove that technological giants collect more data than we allow.
< P > Facebook in 2014 was suspected after launching the music recognition function when users began to notice the advertising of goods that they only mentioned in private conversations. Later with & rsquo; it was clear that voice messages with Messenger were transmitted to foreign companies.
< p > Google was also accused of listening through Google Assistant without activating phrases & ldquo; okay, Google & Rdquo;. The Virt NVS Belgian Agency found that thousands of company employees had access to users' conversations. And in early 2025, Apple agreed to pay $ 95 million on a claim for unauthorized listening through Siri. & Amp; nbsp; how to protect yourself ? check regularly what applications have access to the microphone of your device, disconnect voice, when they are not required.