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Do you ever get the feeling that your phone is listening to you? According to a recent study, over a third of Australians fear their phones eavesdropping on their conversations.
According to cybersecurity experts, it is not beyond the possibility that phones are listening in on our conversations.
A recent study found that 37% of Australians fear that their phones are listening to them. This fear is not entirely unfounded, as numerous reports of targeted advertisements appear on social media after conversing about a specific product or service.
While tech companies deny the accusation that they are listening to our conversations, the study found that most respondents have had a similar experience where they believe their phone was listening to them.
Smart devices are advanced enough to pick up inaudible sounds from humans. Using encoded data, they can develop highly sophisticated marketing techniques that cause 42% of people to feel that their smart technology follows them.
There are few places to hide from this technology. You can even be tracked when your phone is not connected to the internet.
According to 9 News, “A majority of users noticed these ads on their smartphones (77 per cent), computers (50 per cent), or tablets (30 per cent), with one in 10 stating the similarities between topics made them feel ‘scared’.”
The fear that our devices are listening to us is not new but a growing concern. While tech companies deny the allegations, the fear has led many Australians to take steps to protect their privacy.
There are ways to prevent cross-device tracking, like using a virtual private network (VPN), turning off ad tracking, using anti-tracking tools, clearing cookies and cache regularly, using different browsers for different activities, limiting social media usage, and disabling location tracking.
It is not clear that phones are listening to us, but the fear that they are real has led many Australians to take steps to protect their privacy. It remains to be seen whether this fear will continue to grow or if tech companies will take steps to ease these concerns.
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