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by lorenzhs 3253 days ago
If the claim being made was that they track your usage of their products, that would have been a reasonable response. But the claim being made is that they continuously monitor you through the webcam and microphone. That is extremely bold and, may I say, complete tinfoil nuttery.
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albertgoeswoof 3252 days ago
Why is that so hard to believe? Personalized ads are huge right now, if you could listen in to people's conversations you can use the data to improve your ad conversion rate. If there's ROI in recording and doing the data collection you can bet they have at least experimented with it.

Can't imagine what recording webcams would do- but I suppose it might be effective for something.

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themacguffinman 3252 days ago
> Why is that so hard to believe?

Because there's no actual evidence to support it.

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