Muting your mic doesn’t stop big tech from recording your audio

Kent Sharkey

The Next Web[^]:

Anytime you use a video teleconferencing app, you’re sending your audio data to the company hosting the services.

"Papa, can you hear me?"

j snooze

My only worry is that someone is going to package up these meetings and sell them as cures for insomnia, which would infringe on my patent pending idea, but I don't have the lawyers to fight big tech. I may have to grudgingly accept a seven figure settlement with single digit royalties.

den2k88

That's why I use headphones with a physical mute button

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Matias Lopez

It sounds a bit paranoid... :laugh:

den2k88

Matias Lopez wrote:

It sounds a bit Paranoid

It often does, when I'm not supposed to listen to the meeting. But also other stuff from Black Sabbath.

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Joe Woodbury

Kent Sharkey wrote:

"Papa, can you hear me?"

Didn't go with Pink Floyd. I slowly shake my head.

den2k88

More seriously, in a company I didn't trust as far as I could burn them down to the ground I went as far as to disable the drivers of the integrated microphones (laptop) and allow only the plugged in microphone, which had a physical power button. In my current workplace it's standard operating procedure for everyone since corporate espionage is a thing, especially when you are one of the biggest Tier 1 suppliers in the world.

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