Companies now use your cell phone mic to tell what ads you're watching on TV, and other sinister purposes: http://www.silverpush.co/#!/uab
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@jonathan_blow but, how do they get into my phone ? What is this Silverfish powered SDK ?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Xannaphia
@Xannaphia@jonathan_blow It's still early so we don't know the details, but it looks like the idea is that it's trojan.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@Xannaphia@jonathan_blow So, for example, Candy Crush saga puts the SDK into their game (unbeknownst to you).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@Xannaphia@jonathan_blow Then whenever you run Candy Crush Saga, it listens passively to see what ads are playing on other devices.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Xannaphia @jonathan_blow Not sure yet if that's the actual way it works, but that would certainly be plausible.
9:07 AM - 13 Nov 2015
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