PilferShush examines the hidden methods that the Internet-of-Things uses to communicate with mobile phones and how its unregulated spread can challenge the way we think about public and private space.
This hidden method is the broadcast of inaudible sounds from IoT devices and services using near-ultra high frequency (NUHF) audio between 18 kHz to 24 Khz. The purpose of using such hidden sounds is to identify the person and their phone without our awareness...
I use this app from F-Droid which has a few functions I like:
- it has a voice assistant function to replace Google. The voice assistant does nothing.
- it will gain and hold microphone permission so other apps cannot record, but this does switch off when you make a call.
- it can scan apps on your phone telling which ones have capability for recording
- ... or so they tell me
It is occasionally a nuisance and you need to switch it off such as for voice messages or calls from apps. It's still good, I don't see creepy advertisement alignment with my conversations. I usually don't see many ads at all, however. Seems to do some things as advertised. I recommend.
>PilferShush examines the hidden methods that the Internet-of-Things uses to communicate with mobile phones and how its unregulated spread can challenge the way we think about public and private space.
>This hidden method is the broadcast of inaudible sounds from IoT devices and services using near-ultra high frequency (NUHF) audio between 18 kHz to 24 Khz. The purpose of using such hidden sounds is to identify the person and their phone without our awareness...
I use this app from F-Droid which has a few functions I like:
- it has a voice assistant function to replace Google. The voice assistant does nothing.
- it will gain and hold microphone permission so other apps cannot record, but this does switch off when you make a call.
- it can scan apps on your phone telling which ones have capability for recording
- ... or so they tell me
It is occasionally a nuisance and you need to switch it off such as for voice messages or calls from apps. It's still good, I don't see creepy advertisement alignment with my conversations. I usually don't see many ads at all, however. Seems to do some things as advertised. I recommend.
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