{"id":5986,"date":"2019-12-11T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/?p=5986"},"modified":"2024-05-08T06:52:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T06:52:37","slug":"google-is-listening-lemme-show-how-to-stop-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branex.ae\/blog\/google-is-listening-lemme-show-how-to-stop-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Sshh! Google is listening – Lemme Show you How to Stop it from Eavesdropping"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re at work and having an informal chat with your colleague.<\/p>\n

During the conversation, you also mention that you wish to purchase a mid-range smartphone for your wife this holiday season.<\/p>\n

Your colleague, who by chance happens to be your friend as well, tells you about a few phones that were on the top of his mind.<\/p>\n

After a few minutes, the conversation ends and you guys get back to work.<\/p>\n

As soon as you log in to your computer and start browsing the web, you\u2019re bombarded with ads about mobile phone and their accessories.<\/p>\n

You freak out and ask your colleague wt* is going on and he has no clue as well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure some of our readers might have experienced this creepy phenomenon.<\/p>\n

Now the question is, how and why does this happen?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s because Google is listening<\/a> to your conversations.<\/p>\n

Now you might ask does Google records everything you say. Or does Google only record your searches?<\/p>\n

These might seem like silly questions to ask, but those who know a cent or two about the technology understand the influence that Google has in our lives. And the eavesdrop doesn\u2019t come free. The myth is that Google voice records<\/a> everything that you say to a bot, even those things that you don\u2019t want the world to listen to.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t believe me, here is Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>, who has taped his laptop for some reason. Why? Because he knows things that you and I don\u2019t, but surely, he had some concerns with his privacy.<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/p>\n

Coming back to the question, is Google listening to everything that you say, or a quick question is why is Google listening in the first place? Some say that Google looks to your conversations for their ads; others claim that there is no certainty of why Google<\/a> or any of the tech companies is doing so.<\/p>\n

The internet went furious when a personal conversation between Danielle and her husband was recorded by Alexa<\/a> and sent randomly to her husband\u2019s colleague.<\/p>\n

Danielle pulled the plug on Alexa immediately after her husband\u2019s friend called that someone is hacking it.<\/p>\n

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