zlacker

>>ridicu+(OP)
Truthfully... Yes. Many other apps and services do as well. Careful what you give camera and mic permissions to, and always read the privacy agreements, especially for FAANG. If you don't think Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are watching/listening (with and without the light indicators), think again.

>>scrum-+V2
Now this is the type of FUD I'd expect from my aunt.

>>Commit+v5
Don't write off what you're hearing from your aunt as "FUD". What she's saying is a poor technical understanding of the very real overarching dynamic.

I've tried many times to explain to people things like that GPS satellites do not track you, and there are things you can do with your own phone which drastically cut down on tracking. There's no interest, no understanding that I'm simultaneously sharing their concerns while trying to tell them that they aren't powerless. They just think surveillance is a foregone conclusion, and then distance themselves and rationalize it any number of ways, and then share their nutty mechanism-of-action condemnations as a way of advertising their political tribe.

>>mindsl+pa
Tell me you have a way of proving that they're not listening to you all the time through your phone. I don't, the average person certainly doesn't. But it's certainly physically possible, not like I can prove these permissions controls do what they say in my phone, and every couples of months out comes some news about how you car was tracking you all these years.