Google is eavesdropping on our conversations – how do we stop it?

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09/23/2023 06:02

There are not few times that Users smart phone I wondered if Google It listens to their conversations as the company uses personal data to serve targeted ads.

Besides, to any user Mobile phone Nothing was discussed at the meeting, and a few minutes later a similar announcement appeared Google;

The first idea is how Moving This could potentially be “eavesdropping” on us, but as it turns out, it’s not the smartphone that’s listening to us Conversations But no Google.

There are not few times when users come face to face with appearance Advertising For the item they discussed but did not search for Internet They thought it was a conspiracy game.

the Google actually He’s watching they Conversations of users and then serves the target advertisements. This fact is due to the setting Google website Named “Including vocal and vocal activity.”

How Google “listens” to us

The way that Google He listens to them “secretly.” Conversations To us, this is done with his help microphone. In particular, when the mobile phone microphone is constantly on, for voice assistance services to work,… Google It collects materials to display advertisements that it considers to be of interest to us.

When this function is activated, the mobile phone records what we say, in order to determine the “keywords” that it will process in order to obey the commands that we will give.

the Recordings These, in fact, are stored in the account and can be used by Google So that the company can learn the sound of the voice and improve the response to it Commands for you.

According to the data of the official website of the specific platform to request Collects and processes Various audio data It is obtained through the microphone of a mobile phone or computer.

It is known, after all, that Google, But so do many other large tech companies, using user data that includes a user’s demographics, search history, and of course their location on a map.

For its part, the company categorically confirmed that it does not use this data for advertising purposes, but only to improve its services.

Four steps to stop Google from “listening.”

First, users must disable the registration function, through their website Google From your computer or mobile phone (via the company’s application).

The steps to follow next are as follows:

1. Sign in to your Google account

2. Click on the “Data and Privacy” option.

3. In the History settings section, tap Web & App Activity.

4. Next to “Include sound and voice activity,” the user can see whether this setting is checked or not. If the user wants to disable it, this is done by clicking on it.

So user “Cutting the wings” for Google Which will have nothing at all right To listen.

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