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According to the patent, spotted by Metro, the system would use 'a non-human hearable digital sound' to activate your phone's microphone.
This noise, which could be a sound so high-pitched that humans cannot hear it, would contain a 'machine recognisable' set of Morse code-style beeps
Once your phone hears the trigger, it would begin to record 'ambient noise' in your home, such as the sound of your air conditioning unit, plumbing noises from your pipes and even your movements from one room to another.
Your phone would even listen in on 'distant human speech' and 'creaks from thermal contraction', according to the patent.
TV advertisers would use this data to determine whether you had muted your TV or moved to a different room when their promotional clip played.
(Score: 4, Informative) by jas on Wednesday July 04 2018, @02:25AM (1 child)
All of this story, however, is bullshit. First, why the hell is tabloid trash like the Daily Mail considered an acceptable source for SoylentNews? They've been banned from Wikipedia as a source [theguardian.com] for over a year. Second, the claim in the article itself is completely wrong, as The Verge noted in their debunking of the article nearly a week ago [theverge.com].
(Score: 2) by bitstream on Wednesday July 04 2018, @07:21AM
Why trust debunking by mainstream media?
Ever..