[basch]

> It has been disproven countless times by simply looking at network traffic of the apps.

I dont have reason to believe the apps are listening. BUT I dont think absence of network traffic alone is enough to disprove it.

They could do all the processing on device, and assign different Trademarks different numbers, and the network traffic would be as simple as ++10456827 ++9814132. The network traffic would be a very easy part to disguise or tuck away with other transactions.

(Googles Pixel 2 Now Playing identifies what song is playing near a microphone, while the device is offline. Its absolutely reasonable that phones could identify trademarked terms without an internet/cellular connection.)