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3AW: Does your phone listen to you?

Have you ever had the feeling that your phone is listening to you? Pickr’s editor Leigh Stark joins 3AW to talk how this works and what you can do.

We’ve all had that weird feeling sense of paranoia that someone is listening to us, but in the age of smart technology, that could be happening without us realising. Microphones on phones and wearables are used for many things, but are they also used to deliver you ads on your phones?

Pickr’s editor Leigh Stark joins 3AW Afternoons with Jacqui Felgate to talk all about that, and some of the things you can do to stop it from happening. Listen to it below. We’ve even found the part of the show for you to start from!

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