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Stop facebook on your iPhone from listening to your conversations
I have seen this come up many times here on the board, and didn't want it to get lost in another thread, so ....
These settings are iPhone specific. I suspect Android is likely to have something very similar. I think this is the setting that you guys may want to update. Settings - Privacy http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1645203662.jpg Microphone http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1645203662.jpg Facebook (and anything else in the list that you think is a good idea) http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1645203662.jpg __________________________________________________ _______________ Then back out to the first layer of Settings, scroll way down to Facebook http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1645204316.jpg Microphone http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1645204316.jpg I generally go through every setting on my phone/PC because you never know what you'll find. And in some cases, the settings are in the phone OS and in other cases, the settings are in the app. |
possible fix for Android
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And after any major OS upgrade, it often resets those settings.
I don't have Facebook on my phone. I do use facebook on my computer to keep up with actual friends and relatives. If anyone gets political, they are dropped from my feed. |
You serious?
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Thank you Steve
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https://www.windowsdigitals.com/how-to-turn-on-camera-or-microphone-on-facebook-messenger-windows-10/ |
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This is interesting. He has mentioned he'll have a conversation with somebody, and a day or two later receive targeted messages regarding the same thing discussed, and it's beyond coincidence. It's creepy.
Thanks for the heads-up, masraum. Just leave on the "Steve Curious" app on, okay? On my phone I found My Doctor Online, Sonos, and Zoom was turned off. I've used Zoom once, so I turned everything off on my iPhone 12. I quit Facebook and never had it on my phone. I'm wondering if Google was turned on in my brother's phone. Everything is off now. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1645205326.jpg |
I turn off location until I need to use Maps or Waze too.
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That explains it.
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I really wanted to reply that I am hoping they will post it to boost my ratings in the porn industry, and get me more views and increase my income. I decided any reply at all was a bad idea. |
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On a phone or tablet, don't use an app when a web browser will do the job. Apps are designed to gather data on you. Only enable location for apps when they are in use (that's an Android setting, iOS likely has a similar option).
Never leave your Facebook or Google or whatever account logged on by default on apps or browsers. If you use Firefox, install uBlock Origin to block ads and trackers. |
You’re assuming those settings do something.
Uninstall the app. That should work even better. |
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I'm afraid that being in a car on the road may result in me being in a car accident. I'd better sell my car! Everything (including and especially security) is a compromise. You've got to figure out your balance point. If you're so afraid of big brother and/or big data, then yep, going off grid is the way to fix it. Cancel your Internet (pretty much everything you do is tracked one way or the other), don't use discount cards if you've got 'em. Pay cash instead of credit or debit. etc.... |
If you are on an iPhone and an app has camera / mic / location enabled it's because the user authorized it in the first place.
This is part of the benefit of the walled garden everyone likes to complain about with Apple. When submitting to the app store you must declare you are using those features and provide a valid use case. As a developer you can't try to "sneak it past them" by not declaring it but doing it anyway, that simply doesn't work for a number of reasons mostly because, they review each and every submission and the checks for that stuff are all automated. No app can enable those features on their own. It requires approval from Apple and then explicit access to the hardware must be requested which needs to be acknowledged by the user. |
I resigned to using a flip phone (with a telephone book under the car seat lol) out of convenience. Stubborn bastard.
There are non-iOS and non-Android OS out there still. Delta service requires those to make their website work or they give you a 3hr estimated wait time to speak to a live agent. Disfunction. It's too bad Blackberry disappeared. I'm still looking for a quality linux smartphone from a major provider. Map guidance is my achilles heel. Google now owns 99% of the non-Apple guidance market cough. RE sites, MapQuest, even Microsoft Bing defers to them. Add in search, email, OS, ReCaptcha and that becomes most of the internet.... Full maps should be downloadable. GPS is free. Where does it say constant tracking and monitoring is a technological requirement? |
In Android it's simple. Hold your thumb on the icon until the option list appears. When it does, hit uninstall app.
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