Can anyone tell this meme is true or false? I don’t have Gspy so I cannot test this

  • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    Don’t know about Google home, but google meet is definitely like this. You mute your mic from the UI, you speak, and a small popup tells you something like, “are you trying to speak, your mic is off”.

    Something like this also happened on Short Circuit (a channel of Linus Tech Tips) when testing Meta Glasses. Riley, the host was talking to it, and after the convo ended, he asked, “are you still listening?” And meta replied, “No”.

    So, yes, it is safe to assume that the microphones are always listening and probably recording. These things are spywares and do not belong in private places like homes.

    • filcuk@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      Muting microphone in a meeting is very different, the point is you don’t want other attendees to hear you, not the meeting software.
      Otherwise agreed, the only way this can be 100% trusted is using a hw switch, which we won’t find on any phones and only a handful of laptops.

      • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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        5 months ago

        Didn’t Fairphone or some other Linux phone maker include switches in some relatively recent model?

        EDIT: According to (embarrassed for having to mention source) Google’s AI summary, yes:

        • Murena 2: Features a dedicated physical privacy switch that physically cuts the circuit for the microphone and camera.

        • Purism Librem 5: Offers physical toggle switches on the side of the phone to mechanically sever power to the microphone, camera, and baseband.

        • Pine64 PinePhone: Includes built-in hardware DIP switches under the back cover that allow you to completely disconnect the mic, cameras, and modems.