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In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phone’s Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention (futurism.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It also uses a cloud fingerprint database apparently according to the second paragraph:

If you turn on "Show search button on lock screen", each time you tap to search Google receives a short, digital audio fingerprint to identify what's playing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Oh, I didn't notice this, my apologies. Turning on identify songs nearby reveals two new options, notifications and show search button. That show search button option must be new; I had identify nearby music on already since my last phone. Guess they added something new. My bad.