Recently, some people discovered that iPhones can eavesdrop on conversations. After chatting with friends or family about a certain item, not long after, ads related to those items began to appear when browsing Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or web ads, causing many people to panic and suspect that it was Isn’t the iPhone eavesdropping on our conversations? This article will discuss whether it is true that the iPhone can eavesdrop? Or FB, IG or Google, which are most commonly used by everyone, are the main culprits.
To put it simply, when you talk through Siri, Apple’s servers only receive dictation records for Siri requests, and the device will only record them through a “random identification code”, not including Apple ID, email, or even Apple ID. Nor will Siri data be used to interact with user requests to create marketing or sales.
It can also be determined that the iPhone device itself does not eavesdrop on user conversations, so how can it happen that if you chat with other people about a certain need or want to buy, you will see relevant advertisements or ads on Facebook, Instagram or Youtube platforms soon? What about recommended videos?
Google and Facebook confirmed to be eavesdropping and profiling
In fact, the problem comes from the most commonly used Google, Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram services, which leads most people to mistakenly think that the iPhone is being eavesdropped. Of course, Android also has this problem, and the main reason is that Google and Facebook are eavesdropping on you behind the scenes. conversations and analyze your behavior.
In fact, Google has long been confirmed by foreign user Mitcollow that Google Chrome will secretly turn on the computer microphone to eavesdrop on your conversations. Not long after you finish speaking, the advertisement you just said will pop up on the web page.
How to strengthen iPhone to avoid being eavesdropped by Facebook and Google
If you are more concerned about privacy, want to improve the privacy of your iPhone, and want to avoid being “monitored or eavesdropped” by the App, you can prevent it by following the following operations:
- Turn off FB, IG, Youtube microphone and positioning
- Limit Siri and search functions
- Delete Siri dictation records on the server
- Turn off APP tracking
- Delete server Siri dictation records
- Strengthen LINE privacy and turn off personalized ads
- Turn off Facebook tracking off-site browsing
- Turn off or delete Google Activity
1. Turn off FB, IG, Youtube microphone and positioning
Go to iOS “Settings” > “Instagram”, turn off “Microphone”, and change “Location” to “Never”. The same settings are used for other Facebook and Youtube to prevent these apps from using the microphone. Or positioning to push relevant ads.
2. Limit Siri and search functions
Go to iOS “Settings” > “Siri & Search” > “Facebook” and turn off both “Learn from this app” and “Use with Siri conversations”.
3. Delete Siri dictation records on the server
If you do not trust Siri and want to remove Siri dictation record data, you can click “Delete Siri and Dictation Records” through iOS “Settings” > “Siri & Search” to remove Siri from Apple servers. material.
4. Turn off APP tracking
The enhanced tracking protection function of iOS 14 mainly allows iPhone users to have more control, and also allows users to know whether the apps they are currently installed are being tracked by advertisements. If you want to turn off APP tracking, you can Go through the following teaching operations:
5. Delete server Siri dictation records
In fact, Apple has not explicitly told you that the iPhone will also secretly record your past locations in the background, which is also known as whereabouts recording. If you feel that this feature will affect your privacy, you can also turn it off through the method below.
Go to iOS ” Settings ” > ” Privacy ” > ” Location Services
Scroll to the bottom and click ” Important Locations ” and turn off the ” Important Locations ” function.
6. Strengthen LINE privacy and turn off personalized ads
In addition to social media, LINE, which is most commonly used by everyone, also requires special attention.
Open the LINE App, click “Settings (gear)” in the upper right corner, and then select “Privacy Settings”.
And click “Ad related settings”.
Turn off “Use cookies to receive personalized ads” and “Use LINE internal identification codes to receive personalized ads”. Finally, return to the previous page and enter “External application access”. You can change it to “Reject” or “Interactive”. Allowed as a friend.”
7. Turn off Facebook tracking of off-site browsing
The scariest thing about FB is that it will track your mobile phone’s off-site dynamic functions, such as logging in to the Facebook application, browsing content, searching for products, adding products to the shopping cart, purchasing products, making donations, etc. All of these behaviors will be recorded by FB, of course. The information collected by FB will also be used on IG. After all, both are operated by the same company and can be closed according to the following:
8. Close or delete Google Activity
Google will record all your actions. Most people may not be aware of it when using free services, but they can check it through ” Google Web and App Activity “. You can even click ” Auto Delete ” to have the system automatically delete the network regularly. road application.
In addition, you can also enter the ” Google Activity Controls ” and you will find that Google will store location records, network and application activities, search records, YouTube viewing/search records, ad personalization, etc. From this page, you can set Automatically delete data.
Usually through the above 8 methods, we can reduce the risk of being eavesdropped and monitored by Apps, but we cannot truly hide on the Internet, unless you don’t use your mobile phone or the Internet at all, but want to continue to enjoy these free experiences on social media and audio and video platforms. Users can only follow the rules of the platform.
Finally, I would like to remind you that although personal privacy is important, we still cannot leave these platforms. However, we can still delete digital footprints and continue monitoring through existing functions.