If they were to listen for a set of predefined product-related keywords as well, they could take note of that and send that info inconspicuously to their servers as well without sending any audio recordings. Doesn’t have to be as precise as voice command recognition either, it’s just ad targeting.
Not saying they do that, but I believe they could.
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I bet Rockstar is thinking twice about *checks notes* making a normal looking female character. (lemmy.world)