Have you ever noticed your Facebook ads changing after you mentioned something in a conversation? Like that time you were discussing an upcoming hiking trip with your partner and started seeing ads for sleeping bags and tents.
Or when you were considering getting a dog and were immediately bombarded with pages for animal lovers. Is it a coincidence, or are our phones listening to us?
Stopping your iPhone from listening to your conversations is possible, but requires some effort. To stop your iPhone from listening to your conversations, you must first disable Siri and microphone access.
When your smartphone’s microphone is actively picking up what you’re saying, an orange dot appears in the top right-hand corner of your screen above the Wi-Fi and battery icons.
It is possible to limit the amount we allow our iPhones to listen to us, it just takes a few simple adjustments to the smartphone’s settings.
This can be done by accessing the iPhone’s settings, then going to the privacy option, then selecting the microphone. Here, you can deny any apps or services access to your microphone. You can also turn off Siri completely by going to Settings, then General, then Siri, and toggling the switch off.
If instead of an iPhone you have a Google smartphone, you can turn off your Google Assistant by going to “Settings,” selecting the “Google” tab, clicking “Account Services” then “Search, Assistance & Voice,” selecting “Voice” and “Voice Match,” then turning off “Hey Google.”
If you have an iPhone, you will also be able to keep your device from listening to you altogether by going to the “Settings” application and clicking on the “Privacy & Security” tab. You then click on the “Microphone” tab and you will be shown which apps have access to your microphone.
You may then deselect each app that is shown, effectively revoking their ability to use your phone’s microphone feature.
Furthermore, to prevent iPhone from listening, you should also turn off iCloud, a feature that is usually enabled, and allows iPhones to stream conversations and information. To turn off iCloud, go to Settings, then iCloud, and then toggle the switch off.
Lastly, you can also keep your phone in Do Not Disturb mode all the time to ensure your conversations are not being listened to. To enable the Do Not Disturb mode, go to Settings, and then Do Not Disturb.
Additionally, you can always keep the device in airplane mode when not in use.
By following these steps, you will be able to significantly reduce the chances of your iPhone listening to your conversations.
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Source: 100PercentFedUp