Evidence of voice collection and data transmission. Just hook it up to wireshark and test. It’s been done and zero evidence produced. Not trivial to hide. Neither in traffic or battery use .
Why would they need to do it anyway? Far easier to just use the telemetry already there. Your phone knows more about you than you think already if you don’t use privacy respecting software. No need to use the microphone.
But if you know something none from the security field does, I’m all for seeing some evidence.
Yes, but also no. You’re underestimating advertisers’ greed for data.
It’s actually trivial nowadays to build a background service like that.
Which would show up in network traffic , which it doesnt. There is no need for it.
Ok, real question: what exactly would show up in network traffic?
Evidence of voice collection and data transmission. Just hook it up to wireshark and test. It’s been done and zero evidence produced. Not trivial to hide. Neither in traffic or battery use .
Btw independent aricle from 2008 heres something a decade fresher https://www.androidauthority.com/your-phone-is-not-listening-to-you-884028/
Why would they need to do it anyway? Far easier to just use the telemetry already there. Your phone knows more about you than you think already if you don’t use privacy respecting software. No need to use the microphone. But if you know something none from the security field does, I’m all for seeing some evidence.