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The Pitch to Use Device Microphones for Ad Targeting (archive.is)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"404 Media previously reported Cox Media Group (CMG) was advertising a service that claimed to target ads based on what potential customers said near device microphones. Now, here is the pitch deck CMG sent to prospective companies. Google has kicked CMG off its Partner Program in response..."

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[–] curry@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

The consensus a few years ago in /r/privacy was that it's too expensive and risky for smartphones to transmit audio data to their HQ, bandwidth constraints, processing power and capabilities considered.

Now... with higher specs and advances and optimizations in AI for audio transcription, would it be feasible to do all that spying but locally on the device itself? The device would transmit 'daily reports' after processing.