Firm Listens to Microphones for Ads

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Google & Facebook partner admits it can listen to device microphone to serve ads - Dexerto

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Cox Media Group has been pitching tech companies on a new targeted advertising tool that uses audio recordings collected from smart home devices.

The company claims it is partners with Facebook, Google , Amazon , and Bing .

In a pitch deck published in November 2023 , CMG referred to the technology used for monitoring and active listening as “Voice Data” Google removed CMG from the Partners Program after a review.

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