Cox deletes ‘Active Listening’ ad pitch after boasting that it eavesdrops though our phones::undefined

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    11 months ago

    TV’s have been spotted connecting to open networks on their own. They could easily look for alternative routes.

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Source?

      Either way, open networks are very uncommon in residential areas (and honestly in general)

      • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Source that… a computer with wifi hardware can scan for wifi networks?

        • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Source that it happens obviously.

          You claimed that they connected to open networks.

                • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
                  1·
                  11 months ago

                  No, there is no proof of it happening and it’s extremely likely to be coincidences or even made up. It’s the internet after all.

                  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
                    1·
                    11 months ago

                    The Cox active listening website was just observation and dismissed until an article was written about that too.