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TEC239: A marketing company has claimed it can listen in on people’s smartphones and digital assistants. Dom Bettinelli and Joanne Mercier discuss why it is likely untrue, but also how we can all do more to protect our privacy and be aware of how we “leak” data about ourselves all the time.

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Links for this episode:

• Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people | Ars Technica
• Are You Worried About Smart Home Devices Listening to You? | PCMag
• Is your phone listening to you, explained – Vox
• How to stop all your smart devices from listening to you
• Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices
• Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages
• The mystery of the disappearing Google Drive files • The Register
• Google confirms reason for missing Google Drive files

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