I don't think Facebook does this—it has so much on you already—but it's NUTS that we have microphones we don't control with us all the time.https://twitter.com/newsobserver/status/925683841880154112 …
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Yes, because that is something we can confirm. With software, you can never ever never be 100% certain. Just can't.https://twitter.com/DanOlner/status/925708701054402560 …
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When Google or Facebook suggests something you just talked about, denominator is number of suggestions not related to what you talked about.
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In other words, it will occasionally occur by chance especially since they're trying to infer your interests. But we need hardware switches!
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Would we be able to trust a physical off-switch even if there was one? With Cameras, you can just stick tape over 'em (like wot Mark Z did).
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Depends on how it was wired.
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Oh, he also tapes over the mic! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/22/mark-zuckerberg-tape-webcam-microphone-facebook …
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I've experienced Google doing this, suggesting articles about movies I just watched.
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The denominator is the number of times Google suggested articles about movies you did not watch. Movies you are likely to watch is the link.
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There must be switches or at least hard-wired LEDs to indicate when it's turned on/off. But I'm afraid I won't see that happen.
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@Puri_sm is developing a phone with "Hardware Kill Switches for Camera, Microphone, WiFi/Bluetooth, and Baseband" https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
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