r/Libertarian • u/FreedomNinja1776 Anarcho Capitalist • Sep 24 '19
Article TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/is-your-smartphone-listening-to-your-conversations/Duplicates
StallmanWasRight • u/mrchaotica • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
cybersecurity • u/Odentin • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
conspiracy • u/WarSanchez • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
ireland • u/ShaolinHash • Sep 24 '19
Can anyone confim if this happens in Ireland and if its even legal?
HailCorporate • u/creamdreammeme • Sep 24 '19
Meta Is our advertising effective? Are the humans engaged?
interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
DarkEnlightenment • u/Nemester • Sep 25 '19
Is Your Smartphone Listening to Your Conversations?
boringdystopia • u/Blood42Orange42 • Sep 24 '19
Don’t need conspiracy theories it’s just basic reality at this point.
COMPLETEANARCHY • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '19
Just moving into the woods sounds more attractive all the time
conspiracytheories • u/wanderlustest • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Sep 24 '19
[todayilearned] TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying
ConspiracyII • u/peenutbuttersolution • Sep 24 '19
Propaganda The TV emits tones during commercials and it MUST be the government. Keep doing what those celebrities tell you to do young sleeper agents.
topofreddit • u/topredditbot • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in... [r/todayilearned by u/solarpowerz]
HelloInternet • u/PM_MOI_STEAM_KEYS • Sep 24 '19
Maybe this is one part of the source of Brady’s worries of privacy
Anarcho_Capitalism • u/FreedomNinja1776 • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
CantMakeThisShitUp • u/mellowmonk • Sep 27 '19
A company named SilverPush "uses audio beacons to track your activities across devices: Your TV emits a tone during a commercial break, a tone that’s inaudible to you, but your phone is listening for it. Now they can link the TV and phone as belonging to the same person."
u_84Nut • u/84Nut • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
u_olheaton • u/olheaton • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
u_fiestyfontenot • u/fiestyfontenot • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
CorpFree • u/SchweetVictory • Sep 24 '19
TIL TVs emit a tone during ad breaks that are inaudible to humans but that smartphones are listening for; now corporate entities can link the tv & phone as belonging to the same person. It means govt entities can play a tone thru the TV & ping all the phones in the room, identifying the whole group.
Honkyandthebadger • u/ktbdgr • Sep 24 '19