I know this is common knowledge and a redundant topic but this is more of a rant and any ideas to avoid this. We all have always had ads shoved down our through based on what we search which is fine because we agreed to use these tools for free. However, lately this has gone beyond limits. I know a lot of people are convinced that insta Google fb don’t access your microphone for stealing data but someone pls explain me how or why would they not. Worst part is, I’m getting ads about things I’m talking about in whatsapp groups. Once or twice could be a coincidence but this is a recurring thing and has drastically gone up in this past year. I’m getting ads about quitting smoking because I was talking about it with a friend, I didn’t even google it or watch any video about it. The only way this could’ve happened is if these apps are accessing my mic. These ads by themselves aren’t any issue but the way they’re accessing it also means that they can access anything anytime, record our shit I’m considering buying a non smart phone just to avoid this shit. What are we supposed to do at this point? #tech #facebook #instagram #whatsapp
theres really nothing you can do, except get a non smartphone... this is the issue caused by monopolies
Shift to apple devices
Always been on all apple devices only
Then disable microphone, location access etc for those apps. Its as simple as that. Privacy is a basic human right - Apple