Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads
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“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”

While I’m dubious of the claim due to the robust permissions management in the latest versions of iOS and Android, it is interesting that a company has come out and said they are doing what everyone is thinking.

And yes they are a subsidiary of the parent of Cox Communications, the ISP, so I would be switching to a competitor ASAP if I had their services

  • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    207·
    11 months ago

    They’re all doing it. We’re carrying around listening devices 24/7 and expecting evil corporations not to spy on everything we say and do… why? Because they said they wouldn’t? Because they put their customers ahead of profits? What have these companies done to earn even the slightest degree of trust?

    • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      211·
      11 months ago

      It’s the technical hurdles that have me skeptical that they could do it, at a cost that is profitable, without it being widely known how. Either it’s novel and not being done by anyone by CMG; or it’s not, in which case why is CMG marketing like they are the only ones doing it.

      But it’s probably safer to assume that everyone is already listening in so that you are prepared because you know they would if they could.

      • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, Amazon laying off a lot of folks in their Alexa division makes me skeptical this is real and is scalable.

        • Gamoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Amazon failed with Alexa because they couldn’t monetize it enough to make it profitable. If you’re using it to spy and sell data, there’s your profit.