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Offline morfiend

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #30 on: November 22, 2023, 11:51:24 AM »
Some cars take this a step further and use a camera that looks at your face to determine your mood or whether you are nodding off. 
I seem to remember that some Lexus cars as far back as when Lexus introduced the park assist could repossess themselves in Japan.


When I talk to my Lexus all it says is pardon me…. Or I don’t understand that command. But Lexie is there if I need her!!!


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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #31 on: November 22, 2023, 12:45:56 PM »
Remember the Phone Book. They were free and delivered every sixth months. Everyone’s phone number and physical address at everyone’s fingertips. And before that in the days of human switchboard operators phone lines were shared so a person could and usually did listen in on their neighbors phone calls. Somehow we survived.
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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #32 on: November 22, 2023, 01:04:18 PM »
It always amazes me how complicit people are in surrendering their privacy to large corporations.

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #33 on: November 22, 2023, 01:17:16 PM »
One of my biggest laughs.... people post a pic of their vehicle and blot out the plates. This same vehicle they drive all over creation in.
One can get a lot of information about you and your family from a license plate, but most don't have access to do so.
I don't get it. What's funny?

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #34 on: November 22, 2023, 01:28:03 PM »

When I talk to my Lexus all it says is pardon me…. Or I don’t understand that command. But Lexie is there if I need her!!!


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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #35 on: November 22, 2023, 06:26:38 PM »
Remember the Phone Book. They were free and delivered every sixth months. Everyone’s phone number and physical address at everyone’s fingertips. And before that in the days of human switchboard operators phone lines were shared so a person could and usually did listen in on their neighbors phone calls. Somehow we survived.

Yes it's the exact same thing lol

You have been assimilated obviously

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2023, 06:30:45 PM »
The mechanism behind that is simple, at least if you use an Android phone and Google's services like Youtube: The phone listens to you all the time just in case you'd want to give it a voice command. And you're logged in with your Google account. Then you go to your computer and log into your Google services like Gmail and Youtube, potentially using Chrome which likes you to stay logged in for their password service. Q: What is the main purpose of Google? A: It's a marketing company.  By default they gather marketing information about you and use it for targeted marketing. They don't tell your name for the vendors but they show their ads to you based on what they've gathered.

Good thing is you can choose how the information about you will be used and for what I've learned they honour your wishes quite honestly. The big question is, have you ever bothered going through the settings of your Google account?

I figure my samsung smart watch is part of the spy network too  :aok

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #37 on: November 22, 2023, 07:01:24 PM »
Monday we were discussing the Brussel sprout recipe the daughter in law will have on turkey day tomorrow...

We both hate Brussel sprouts and have never discussed them..

Yesterday a recipe for them popped up in my youtube feed and she got one in her Instagram feed..

I am sure it was just a coincidence...not

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Have had this happen too.. quite strange.

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #38 on: November 23, 2023, 01:12:11 AM »
Have had this happen too.. quite strange.
Read my post https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,408444.msg5408384.html#msg5408384, also quoted on the post above yours. That's the simple reason. Nothing strange or conspirative, just marketing.
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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #39 on: November 23, 2023, 01:13:53 AM »
It always amazes me how complicit people are in surrendering their privacy to large corporations.

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Wait til you see what the chinese have on you!

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #40 on: November 23, 2023, 01:42:03 AM »
Remember the Phone Book. They were free and delivered every sixth months. Everyone’s phone number and physical address at everyone’s fingertips. And before that in the days of human switchboard operators phone lines were shared so a person could and usually did listen in on their neighbors phone calls. Somehow we survived.

If I remember correctly, phonebooks did not listen your calls or conversations. Neither did they follow your movements, sell your contacts to retailers nor hack credit cards. But maybe my memories have faded during the years.

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #41 on: November 23, 2023, 05:20:03 AM »
I figure my samsung smart watch is part of the spy network too  :aok

Are the advanced features honestly worth the trouble?

I watched a video where a guy was attempting to repair a €1700 BMW 'laser' headlight. Had to laugh in the comments where one American fellow said a replacement bulb for his truck was $5. Someone replied you can't see 2km ahead in the dark with an old halogen bulb. He said I just leave earlier and drive slower. Sort of sums it all up really  :rofl
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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #42 on: November 23, 2023, 08:54:22 AM »
It comes down to, don’t use any voice activated devices. If it listens for commands your mic is always on. Don’t use voice activated cable TV remote controls or things like Alexia.

Always use VPN on phones

Limit hands-free phone calls in car.

Cell phones, disable things like Siri and every permission for any app to use your contacts and mic. Same thing with Windows OS. Only allow permissions with apps accessing contacts and mic.

Create a google account so you can disable them saving any search history and clear your history. They work off IP addresses, take control of that with account.

FB also provides same options. Limit what you type on it. By law they must provide these privacy options.

Sny listen device with noise cancellation uses a mic to do it. Plug it in only when in use.

Set your browser to delete cookies and history when closed. If it doesn’t have the option, apps like CCleaner will.

As someone else stated, lazy leads to data mining.

I don’t have issues because I do the stuff above. It helps. Most probably know this stufff.

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #43 on: November 23, 2023, 08:58:29 AM »
They bank on the majority not having a clue nor desire to know anything about their security just the convenience

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Re: Your car is spying on you with your cell phones help.
« Reply #44 on: November 23, 2023, 11:29:16 AM »
They bank on the majority not having a clue nor desire to know anything about their security just the convenience

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Agreed.
Same reason infomercials exist. At some point it comes down to victims of themselves via lazy habits.

With everything digital, corporations are like hackers/game cheats, they exploit every bug/loophole in the system. Greed is a vulture.