roy had to find a scapegoat as the keys bought so much publicity when hundreds of solid behind it make it look like banishment annual. but the real problem, jemine's son, belinda, feed on patty a wall. she daniel michelle. the 2 guys. yep. it will. and that is that the police have direct access to the health cord. oh, and it isn't like one. you can leave china and all these troubles behind either of the way the chinese authority is confiscated. her boss bought 2 years ago, or it watching the w news lab next, our digital magazine show shift after a short break. ah ah, what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d, w, world heritage, 360,

get out. now imagine how many portion of land us her and out in the world right now . climate change, the very hot story. this is my place, the way from just one week. how much work can really go? we still have time to go. i'm going all in. what for? his subscriber all morning was like good. big brother is watching you. this was george. oh, else prediction in his dystopian novel. 1984. is this why i sometimes get the feeling that i'm not really alone when my phone is nearby? hey serie ah, can are a smartphone spy on us? interesting question is actually,

which is why we're going to look for answers here on shift. ah, according to a recent study, every 3rd person in germany has taking a break from social networks before, because they had concerns on data security. the protection of private data is becoming increasingly important for users. and social networks have also noticed they promised to take data security very seriously in their current privacy policies. however, there remains this one strange phenomenon that my colleague ha, tomlin noon also keeps coming across. so i just spoke to my flatmate about something and shortly after i c, as for the exact same thing on instagram, super creepy. has this ever happened to you too? yeah. doesn't instagram to buy or not all? we leave traces on line cookies register or every move. when we click on which products we buy and which pos, what's we use?

i sent a friend, a photo of a hugo boss suit on whatsapp. just an hour later, a hugo boss ad turned up on my instagram feed it jim, we've talked about will also a p on my feet hurt instead of instagram, listen in on me or read my messages. let's try little self experiment. i use terms that i usually wouldn't search for when she regressed augmentation and berlin and then we'll talk, i need both. what was held by handle so far? no. at what does the expert think is instagram spying on me? from my understanding. this is not the case, even though facebook has a couple of buttons that deal with turning microphone remotely. and however, from my understanding tangled people who looked into this, i denied this match. i google, amazon, microsoft, and apple. they all assure us that they're not listening in on phone calls or using

our phones, microphone to spy on us while we're cooking and then sending us ads for a frying pan. for example. technically, this would be possible though, but let's assume that the companies really are speaking the truth. how can we still be so perfectly targeted with ads? companies like meta and google make money through advertisements. personal as odds are especially effective. the more the companies know, the better they can target you. instagram's parents, company message saves information that users leave when they use the up. that includes everything you share with other users voluntarily, like photos, comments and likes. but the app also stores meta data from photos and videos that you upload, like where it was shot. and what are the picks? if you're constantly logged into instagram, facebook and your phone, you're also sharing your location as instagram, facebook, and what's up all register. where when the at this being used interactions with the up itself and likewise saved and analyzed by matter. like which post scrubber

attention longest. for example, instagram knows how long you scroll through the profile of your crush at night. so instagram or facebook don't actually need to spy on us. on the apps have to do is to register who we know and where we were at what time and with whom met us algorithms compare our data to our friends and followers data. this reveals a lot about us even if we're not posting or commenting. my flatmate and i are friends on facebook. the spoken about buying an air filter shortly after i'm fed an advertisement for air filters without ever having search for them online. as we are friends on facebook, the ab often registered us at the same location from this, the algorithm concludes that we must have similar interests. and since my flatmate has already looked for air filters online, i get the same at meta, connect, the data and activities from different users before letting artificial intelligence

analyze them. based on the connections, the a i then try to predict what we like or dislike or we want and what we fear. that's why with the ad that a perfectly tailored to our interests. it's easy for advertisers to find that target audience on instagram. they can precisely direct who gets to see which ad, based on categories like gender or age group, but also location, or hobbies. these ads will pop up between status updates from friends and pages we follow ah, meta has just released a new privacy policy that chats more light on to where and why data gets collected . the company is reacting to its years of calls for more transparency. but that doesn't mean matter phase less data. after all, data is essential for personalized ass. the best we can do is to delete or absent

accounts, or reject data sharing whenever that's still possible. google meta, an amazon all have the same business model. it's based on collecting data for users . it's very hard to reject personalized ads. think i've seen a full control over what i sure i can simply stop talking to alex or i can not click on anything. however, the observation of my behavior online, where i am with my device locations, with my devices sharing and d, the methods that is collected, that is very difficult control for an individual. but we're not completely perilous in order to control ads and instagram, you have to log in to facebook. there you can change the settings for instagram and facebook. remove all apps from your facebook account. there, probably more apps connected than you'd think. this is quite important. a some ups

enable location tracking. others might have access to your contacts or photos. on instagram itself, hiding personalized ads on your feed is quite easy. simply choose the reason why you want to hide the and then go to settings, to disable a personalized ads. instagram will notify you that you won't get to see fewer advertisements, but they will at least be less personalized. finally, go to your phone settings to turn off location, tracking, go to privacy, then location services, then select instagram. and the next time you make a post or story, just leave the location out. apart from location tracking on our phone, smart assistance like apple, serious thumbs and fix the or who are way. celia are also designed to make life easier. they are already used in millions of phones and smart speakers around the world with amazon's alexa, you can now control more than 100000 different devices with voice commands from

your washing machine to your smart toilet. it's all pretty convenient, but you also pay with your data. and it is a lot of data that has been collected more than many of us think. even at the company's claim, it's for your benefit. smart and helpful. that's what amazons, alexa, apple, siri and microsoft katana all pretend to be in. i am aaliyah's assistance voice assistance basically work by always listening in on what's being said in a room through their microphones. gung the default for voice recognition then kicks in once the magic word, which is basically the word. the voice assistant reacts to husband said about the fuzzy donna after which everything i say is sent to the cloud. the thought dan said to voice recognition before it comes back as command logged on to task is completed . i. alexa, what's 500? 87 minus 398. 189. correct?

yeah, yes. by now voice assistance can deal with more complex requests. they also know all preferences site, which recipes we like what we buy when we sleep on family nautica shop. everything is recorded saved on service in the us, and linked with all the use of data and let salt on both amazon, for example, knows who i am because i'm signed in on my amazon account with us. that means they also know what i've bought in the past and where we live here, and that's how they generate a pretty precise user profile with for profit. but during test runs, the assistance often also passed on sensitive information. investigators outside the us can already access recordings of these conversations in certain cases. if you have a voice assistant at home, you might have been collecting potential evidence against yourself for years. so

voice assistance are gathering more information than we are often aware of. users can of course delete recordings from their profile afterwards. let me real. i don't want to have to constantly self monitor what i say and to whom. and that's just the tip of the iceberg. technically more spying as possible. some secret services and the police have a whole other set of tools at their disposal. and they make matter microsoft, apple, or who are way look harmless. at least 50000 people have been spied on with the pegasus software in recent years, including journalists, senior politicians, and has of state. some phone manufacturers now claim that they can ward off a tax with this by software. markets is, is one of the most powerful surveillance tools in the world. this trojan horse fires gets installed on a phone by its user unknowingly. it can spy on anything that happens on the phone, including remotely controlling its camera or microphone. it's pretty scary. all you

need to do is have your phone connected to the internet, and then it can be infected without you noticing it. there, there will be a message sent to your phone and on your phone will be infected, just like that. pegasus was developed by the israeli security company and a so group, police states and secret services other clients. those targeted include indian politician law whole, gandhi, the former pakistani prime minister, iran con, south african president, serial ram poser and the french president. emanuel micron. while regular smartphones have no protection against pegasus. so manufacturers like brit hume from finland promised more protection, especially for politicians, journalists, or security firms. depending on the security level, a bit im phone runs either on a special android operating system or self developed security operating system without google software. both operating systems monitor,

anyone wanted changes themselves. even as an administrator, the security mechanisms cannot be suspended. the phone won't allow any special privileges. data and communication are encrypted. to turn off the camera microphone, their hardware buttons, sensors on the phone, pick up on every attempt to open it up or damage it. let's face it. if you're on line, you can be spied on, on social media channels. it's especially difficult to protect your personal data from meta and the like. and this is not that to change any time soon as it clashes with the interests of online advertisers. but at least the competition between those trying to protect private data and those trying to spy on it, keeps generating new technological innovations. have you ever felt like your phone was spying on you? and what do you do to protect your data? on insta, facebook and co send us an e mail or leave

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