Is My Phone Listening to Me? The Truth Behind Creepy Ads – Extended Version

How to check microphone permissions, reduce ad tracking, and see what your phone is actually allowed to access

If you read the free version of this issue, you now know something important.

Your phone is probably not secretly recording your conversations.

But that doesn’t mean your phone isn’t collecting a lot of information.

Modern smartphones track many signals that advertising systems use to predict behavior. That’s why ads can sometimes appear right after a conv…