Dad.. I'd like to ruin your world view but I think I'll finish the video first. Remember - "No matter how certain you are, you really can't argue with empirical findings." Your words. -  I think the video was Ace. You gave a ton of good information and shows you have really done your homework. That's why I think you'll understand my dismantling of your world view. You know how to fact check things. I want you to fact check this because You Dad deserves to know the truth for your own benefit. (more)

You don't live on a globe or sphere in a vacuum.  Those are ideas from the Heliocentric Cult you have been taught since childhood. You see 70% of Earth is covered with water. Large bodies of water have never been observed to form spheres nor can they as that would violate the natural laws that govern hydrostatic equilibrium, and Pascals Principal. You see water always seeks it's own level, it lays flat and horizontal. In fact a "Water level" is a tool that uses water to establish a horizontal plane.  70% of any substance that obeys these laws of physics, that seek it's own level, lays flat and horizontal can never form a sphere! That's an impossible ratio in math and physics. In truth, Everyone already Knows earth is Flat, they just won't admit it to themselves or others for fear of being shunned. That's brainwashing for you. It works.

Earth is measured Flat by everyone in industry.  Tunneling, Aviation, Celestial Navigation, World record long distance photography, Bridge building, Interstate systems, Elevation above sea level - all Require a Flat Horizontal Plane of reference! You think Miles can Curve around a spherical planet? No !  Oxford defines Miles as "a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)." - Linear is defined as "arranged in or extending along a straight line."- Straight is defined as "extending or moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend." - Miles and Kilometers Do Not Curve by Definition!  

Most people do not know the meaning of the words they use, they just assume based on context of the way others use the words. I'll bet you till just now never knew what a Mile was. This is because miles are the measured distance as the crow files from city to city. Elevation cannot be taken into account or that would throw off your distance measurements for accuracy.  Physical testable repeatable physics and measurements are what we have that prove Earth is not what they taught you in schools. I've given you tons of information to look into. If you do, you will find that I am quite correct.  Have a great day sir!

Actually, the audio listening (not necessarily recording) does occur -- The university study you mention is not complete. It's on the OS level, and concealed (I've done some of my own tests of this over the past decade -- I may be a nobody, but I am qualified). While true that most apps don't listen/record, there are "rogue" apps here and there that do secretly listen as well. Generally, most unauthorized listening does not send a recording (unless you are a target), but it does listen & detect for key words/phrases locally and sends that info (the info, not a recording) in text form (often encoded for obfuscation purposes) back to whomever.

Trust us bro, we're not listening -- yeeeeah, Riiiight.

We shouldn't be having to do anything. What is happening is unacceptable and it should be made clear to the ones doing it will eventually face the consequences brought on by their negligence.

Basically confirms what I've felt. The less apps you have the better you are

There's also the risk that using privacy and/or security tools makes you stand out as a person of interest. Suddenly, every Flock camera and Ring doorbell is being sifted by AI to match that weird Graphene phone running an anonymous eSIM to the face that's using it. Or scanning license plates to find the one that turns up in the same area as that sketchy eSIM multiple times. The problem going forward is that government and commercial surveillance is becoming so integrated and seamless that there really is nowhere to hide.

"Don't build more than you can maintain" story of my life lol

Ads really are weird like that, you start seeing ads for the same stuff you just bought and wonder why would anyone buy a second mattress when they recently bought one. Or more blackout curtains than they have windows. It’s why ads online are either entirely useless or scams.

Honestly this simply makes me want to ditch mobile phone completely, or at the very least get an old phone that I can remove the battery from and keep in my car in case of the very rare emergency that I need to call someone.

This is a madness, I can’t believe we have to act like a spy.

theyre listening, one time i ran into a family of skunks, but they were really cool and waddled away; told a few people in person, no call/text, i got exclusively skunk themed ads for about a month: pest removal, toys, care...
rinse repeat every so often.
recently a friend complained about their hp printer being a pos subscription, i went on a short rant about how terrible hp was in all aspects... ive been getting almost exclusively hp and shaq printer ads 😮‍💨

This paper, to my understanding, does not absolve the tech world of any spying accusations. From the paper's own limitations section:
" For example, an app could transform an audio recording into a different format (e.g., a text transcript or musical features such as beat and notes) that our system does not detect",
and more importantly,
"Third, we do not detect media that is intentionally obfuscated when it is sent over the network, or encrypted at the application-layer".

The paper's fundamental premise is a bit suspect when you consider their threat model somehow doesn't include intentional obfuscation, which one might expect to be practically a given if one intends to actually do spying? There are other problems as well, such as the analysis being limited to Android.

My fundamental problem with the claim that "your phone is not spying on you" is that the infrastructure already exists for the spying (and debatably designed to facilitate potential spying); therefore I find it hard to believe there is no one willing and able to take advantage of the reality of smart tv's and phones. We know that ACR is a thing in smart tv's, why would I believe that manufacturers would not use the microphone as well if they thought they could get away with it?

This kind of feels like a video for a clickbait title's sake

Also please link the paper if you're going to center a video on its claims.

Phone not listening..? My wife got a new android phone the other day, after installing an app we (have to) use for the gym, she said to herself (out loud) "...ok...gym app installed... that's done". After that the phone "replied" with "Ok congratulations on installing your gym app, have fun working out".
Now we disabled all the AI assistant stuff and some other things like ad tracking.

i have official stickers that continually cover cameras back and front. i also use the bags that you place your surveillance device into, zip up tight.. cell signal blocked.

36:19 Don't forget NextDNS with per device configuration options (pro),  but also with locked down filtering options (con)

I have a pixel 4A and have been meaning to go Graphene for a while. Would love to hear more about it.

It still doesn’t explain why when I went to lunch to a fast food restaurant that was playing 50s music.  It just happened to be the radio station that they were playing and the song “oh Donna” by Ritchie Valens was playing .  Then no more than a few hours later I get a video recommendation on my YouTube feed that says “history of the sing oh Donna”.  There’s no reason why YouTube knew that plus it was listening.

I love how people are still assuming root as a security concern. Google loves pumping out that propaganda and too many people believe it.

The best in-depth privacy video so far. Especially because of the 2nd  parts.

Amazing video! Running graphene os on a pixel phone with the proton suit of apps, plethora of open source apps and proton vpn always on. Super happy about it.

Great video, two thumbs up .