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Topic	Have any of you noticed ads for things you have entered online in any way?
Reg 11/11/17 8:49:08 PM #5:	HotDogButts posted... These stories have been popping up for a while now, probably true. Don't give any apps etc, access to your microphone. Don't know if that would even solve the problem, but I've personally not encountered it. Best shot short of ditching your phone. Real best countermeasure is to root/jailbreak (if your phone is one of the bad ones that doesn't allow you to remove the app) and then just remove the app entirely. I don't trust the stock permissions models after stuff like https://gizmodo.com/researchers-uber-s-ios-app-had-secret-permissions-that-1819177235 (If you don't like the source, google the story) --- Congratulations to BKSheikah, winner of the BYIG Guru Contest <cite>Reg posted [p:890211702] in Have any o... [t:75981308]...</cite> <quote><cite>HotDogButts posted...</cite> <quote>These stories have been popping up for a while now, probably true. Don't give any apps etc, access to your microphone. Don't know if that would even solve the problem, but I've personally not encountered it. Best shot short of ditching your phone.</quote> Real best countermeasure is to root/jailbreak (if your phone is one of the bad ones that doesn't allow you to remove the app) and then just remove the app entirely. I don't trust the stock permissions models after stuff like https://gizmodo.com/researchers-uber-s-ios-app-had-secret-permissions-that-1819177235 (If you don't like the source, google the story) --- Congratulations to BKSheikah, winner of the BYIG Guru Contest</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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