For me, this was a very self-assuring video. As it turns out, I don't use Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, or Tiktok. Hence, cleaning up my phone was quite easy. I always believed this social media garbage was just that; garbage. As time goes on, my original sentiments only seem to gain affirmation. Great video!!
I don't have any of those apps either. I also have an Android. But it sure seems to me like somebody's listening in. The pop-ups and ads are way too targeted
Thank you for showing us how to turn off unnecessary intrusions into our privacy. I too don't use any social media except for TH-cam, but I have turned-off many other things on my iPhone that you have recommended. You two are providing a real service to those of us who are not tech savvy.
You can’t turn it off. It’s just like google saying you can turn location off but forced to admit to Congress that it really never goes off. If something can do something that benefits the people controlling it, then it’s doing it.
@@cmcer1995 Kinda. Unless you want to just not use a smart phone. I have one, but it stays at home, and I treat it like a land line. Here's an extreme measure. Build a lead box to place your phone in as you travel and only take it out at places you need it when needed. Your phone will suddenly know where you are but it won't know how you got there. If you attend any type of demonstration or protest, always leave your phone at home. Don't take it anywhere that might incriminate you or your ''customers'' (bit of a drug dealer tip there, but it might be a useful tip... I don't know what you do for a living :) I know. It's a bit ''tin-foil-hat'' sounding, but if you really are concerned...
totally IS happening. I have 'mysterious" YT recommended videos on things I have NOT searched for, i.e. I had a podcast running on my phone and walked into the living room, where my son showed me a video he was watching about trains. I commented on how cool the trains were and .... 2 days later, there was a video recommendation on YT about trains- something I have Never searched for in any way. So, I tested out this theory by calling someone and intentionally talking about some random things I have never thought about searching for, and lo and behold, within a day, there were video recommendations for these things right there in the top 10 of my YT videos. btw, I have Not set up Siri or Alexa on any of my devices. also, I am using an iPhone.
beatitudes it really is incredibly unnerving. The TV is unplugged and covered with some tapestries. I don’t know if that stops it? The only reason we keep it is in the small chance we ever want to use it again.. it hasn’t been turned on in 6 years. But,other stuff is listening or connected because it still happens....our son is fully connected to stuff in his own home,but,we share things like Netflix and Spotify and I suspect we are monitored through him...
Get rid of ur iphone i too found the earwigging by using a nokia n 63 not meant for the public as there's different levels of security. I heard the police recording my call as he read out dob name pulse number n who i was calling . I sent them on a trip n chase by saying we have to sell all that powder.... they followed us for over a year just because of an iphone . Be lucky .
I am on Android and deactivated all "ok Google" on every possible devices. The other day i was telling my wife about lawyer fees and within 5 minutes I had an ad about "you won't believe how much lawyers charge in your area"... I only mentioned to my wife, never googled it or anything... so these devices clearly listen even if you deactivate the features.
Of course they are Why are you even surprised ? Every smart speaker listens every smart device monitors you Every camera watches you Every comment on TH-cam every email Buy a smart toilet it will monitor your biological leavings And even if you opt out your dipshit friends will have devices recording you
@@Walter-wo5sz I cover the camera and microphone on my turned off android phone too! My phone made a funny noise one day, even though it was turned off. Paranoia set in so i started covering my phone...smh the only way to 100% secure your phone is to pull the battery when not using the phone....geez!
Thank you for wading through all the intricacies of setting up roadblocks for securing our privacy. And thank you for making this simple to follow guide. Us older folks need this guidance.
Just say no to Facebook, Twitter etc. Never had them, never will. Same goes for other addictive platforms such as Pinterest, Tumblr and all the dozens of others. Hint: Your device is your servant, not the other way around.
I realized this a few years ago when after talking to a friend about something I immediately started seeing ads about it on my MAC. Very useful video, thank you!!
Thank goodness for the ability to pause a video! Thank you though. I’ve switched off a whole bunch of stuff. I’m sure my phone listens to me and reads my messages. Do you have any tips on how to reduce spam in emails?
I mentioned to my daughter that I had been to Greece. Following which, I got ads for Greece. I do not use Siri, so after this video, I realised to disable Siri functions in every app.
One of creepiest experiences I had was after I did some searches about winter boots with my PC, several advertising about winter boots popped up later while I was using a tablet. I was surprised because the two devices were independent and they don't even have the same account. I always think they use only cookies to track my shopping habits. But I suspect now they also use my IP address for the same purpose.
Great video! You know, this is quite interesting. I live in Germany, and I followed your instructions, and I was surprised to see that everything you recommended to turn off (or on) had already been preset (turned off) like you recommended. I believe this is because Germany is VERY much invested in privacy (GDPR) - which on the downside also means that sometimes we are not able to interact with certain non-German websites that are not conform with the Germany Privacy Laws. Sometimes I click on articles or videos and will then be informed it is not a "safe" site and I would need to actively change the settings to read it, which in 100% of the cases I don't, as I am too lazy or don't think it is worth the trouble.
THANK YOU!! I haven't even finished watching this video and I'm grateful it was made. I've worked in tech (including Ad Tech) for about a decade and constantly have to tell people that it's highly unlikely that your Phone is listening to you for the sake of selling you stuff or serving you ads. There are much more efficient and accurate ways of doing that NOW without listening. That said, if you are under government surveillance or something similar -- it makes it a non-zero chance your phone is listening to you, but still, not for ads.
It happens all the time….I can talk about things and then TH-cam will push videos base exactly on my conversation on apps where the microphone turned off
Thank you. At age 74 I’m overwhelmed but with play and replay several times I think I got most of it. We still have a dial up phone in our house so you might understand my dilemma!
I've experienced this at least 20 times. I'll be speaking about something totally random, of course never having searched for it online, and it will start popping up on banner ads. I don't have Alexa, so the only thing it could be would be my iPhone sitting next to me in the room.
These large companies control much of government due to collusion, etc. They don't care about basic human rights. That's why they deploy mass censorship while simultaneously accusing Putin of the same. Putin is a crook and so are they.
It may have been the phones, Smart TV, or just triangulating our digital location, but when I used to work in an office with 3 other colleagues, just about any time we would talk about a certain product (Apple or Android phones, a GPU, CPUs, Sneakers, Collectibles, tools, just about anything really) I'd get ads in my browser searches the next day or day after that. Big Data is definitely "listening" in somehow.
I was on my work computer checking out violin stands (yes, we're allowed to). Someone asked me what I was looking at and I explained i was looking at violin stands for my violin. When I got home and got onto my MacBook, low and behold, ads for violin stands popped up! My work computer is not connected to me in any way and, due to my work, is pretty heavily firewalled. However, my personal iPhone was sitting on my desk when I explained to my colleague that I was checking out violin stands...
FB drives me nuts. Fortunately, I had my ad settings/prefs switched off already. I probably did it in the past based on another one of your videos. However, Amazon pegged me and so did Twitter. I turned them off too. Thank you! ❤️👍
Ok the scary thing for me is that I’ve only THOUGHT about needing something and never spoke about it. Suddenly there are ads for it or Amazon suggestions. Weird!
Good stuff as always guys...Thanks! Also, when something is using your microphone there's an orange color icon on the iphone, upper right that lights up, you'll see it when you put your phone on "speaker" ....so keep an eye on that maybe?
Yes exactly our brainwaves are literally electricity or currents which is what the phones are 4g 5g I’ve studied neuroscience this isn’t too far off . Lookup project blue beam scary stuff
Did everything as instructed here, all good in all apps until Amazon, when I follow the step to disable in privacy as directed I can't even get an option to turn off or disable because Amazon conveniently pops up with a UH-OH Something went wrong on our end. Below that it reads GO TO AMAZON HOME. For that I just deleted the app off my iPhone. This is a great channel, very glad I found it, Thank you!
I'm stunned that out of all the steps, I had only two that had to be turned off. I think there was a day I was fed up with Apple, Facebook, Amazon, etc. I went through everything thing on the phone settings, not knowing what a lot of them were about and just clicked them off. This was extremely helpful. Great job.
Unfortunately this won’t completely stop it from listening in. Just stops recommending things for you that you may be interested in. As long as you have a phone in this day and age, big brother and the gov will always know where you are and what you’re doing.
I’m not even kidding… this type of burying the lead on so many things should be ILLEGAL!! What about our rights as consumers??? It’s beyond frustrating. Vent over! 😬 Appreciate you guys!! 🙏🏻
I keep telling people about my phone listening in to me, but they just laugh! But I'm getting ads for things I've talked about but have never searched! I tested this by talking for a few minutes about new cars "I never search for anything car related", I did this each day for 4 days and then a week later I'm getting the ads! At some point this is going to blow up just like Facebook did.
Thank you for all the information. I really don’t understand why Apple or any phone needs to know so much about someone. George Orwell” Big Brother” 1984, by group Spirit, came and went. Here we are. Thank you for trying to help. With old 6s-my wife & I were woken in middle of night. After 50 year, we DON’T talk in our sleep, yet SIRI woke us up. I wonder if Apple upper echelon would enjoy us watching their every move. Sad, really
I’m new to Apple. I bought an IPad 3 weeks ago after only using Samsung androids for years. I’m done with androids and Samsung. They’ve always been very invasive, in my opinion. I’ll be buying an IPhone 13 pro sometime within the next few months. The IPad is a good way for me to get acquainted with the Apple world. This is great info, thanks! I’m a new subscriber.
I’ve been creeped out several times by my iPhone. We were receiving small items from Amazon that we never ordered or were charged for. I called Amazon and they had no ideas. Several days later my husband and I were talking, at home, no phones. I said “we should get a dashboard camera. Two days later a dashboard camera showed up from amazon(?). Too weird. Sis and I were talking in person, no phones. Discussing where we wanted to visit…next day places we discussed popped up on my phone. Sorry but…they are listening!
@@thexshattered yes, they were. You’d think that was cool until you realized that they were sending you stuff that you had discussed in the privacy of your home. Creeped me out - ready to unplug!
Yo, I did all these steps because I’m not about to have nobody be tracking. Nothing I got going on on my phone it works. It works on my iPhone just fine.
Here is my experience I was talking to my friend about vitamin supplant. Then I mentioned to him that if he knew about IHERB. He has never heard of it. But as he opened his phone to search it, IHERB add was right there.
Thank you guys for showing us layman people how to protect our privacy. I really appreciate all the info you have given us. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I had one problem and that was Amazon. When I went to ad preferences a message with a dog saying “UH-OH something went wrong on our end” So I guess they don’t want me to turn it off? Other than that everything you said was easily shutoff. Thank you
Okay, but in order for the phone to be able to parse the sounds you make in order to recognize “hey Siri” it has to send that voice information to a server where a machine judges whether or not you’re trying to get it’s attention. Meaning it *literally* is sending every sound it hears.
I am so sure that "Hey Siri" recognition is done offline on the device. It would generate simply too much data if an iPhone would constantly transmit what it records via the microphone. No server infrastructure in this world could handle a constant stream of audio from 1B devices and probably no network could handle traffic I would guess.
@@bbrown5887 you can always try asking her. I asked where would be a good place to dump a dead body? I was asking for a friend obviously, not myself! 😅🤣
Hey Siri is one of THE MOST ANNOYING THINGS EVER. It’s a constant no I didn’t even say anything even close to that, shut up Siri, so turned it off after just a few days of her constant interruptions. Like notifications. Don’t need a needy phone thanks.
I appreciate the video. Many of the settings were more deeply hidden than they were 2 years ago. I had to do a bit more searching than what was shown in the video, but was persistent and was able to turn most off. I noticed that you did not cover privacy settings in youtube
Believe me this information is so tightly packed I’m hitting pause and reverse a lot but very useful. Thank you! And I told my friend who has an android that they are listening to you!
This is one of my favorie videos who guys have done.... It's great that you all are helping all of us understand what these big tech compamies are doing and without really saying anything...Not one word ... Keep up the great job that you both are doing ... So until the next video have a great day .... Beaufort SC hear BTW ...
I say it’s discouraging because Facebook and Google have had my info and likes for 15 years so they have such an accurate algorithm, they don’t need much else even if I now have it off. Kinda scary that they saw me grow up and know me better than anyone Edit: btw thank you for showing me how to reduce it
The weird part is when I be on TH-cam and I’m watching a video and then I get ads about that are about what I’m watching for example if I’m watching someone clean a car I get out about products that help you clean a car it’s creepy and not only that I’ll get ads about local businesses in my area on TH-cam as well and I’m like what the do you know where I live
Yeah, I hear you! There are options in Google Ads where companies can run ads based on your geography or even by what video you're about to watch. After all, someone who's about to watch a video about how to clean a car is much more likely than the average person to buy a car cleaning product right then and there - and that's what it's all about. And the Hokey Pokey.
My wife mentioned a very specific person with a very unique way of spelling that name in a text, not Messenger or any other app, and that person showing up on my “people you may know” list on FB that evening. Phone is listening.
I bought my first iPhone this week, and you guys showed up in my YT recs. DUM-DUM-DUUUMMMMM!!! So much to learn, AT&T forced me to upgrade from my 3G flip-phone. I fixed them, I'm switching carriers too. Ha-ha!!
Google were caught out by this. Their app reacted to certain words and turned on the microphone without telling the user, unfortunately the words it reacted to included many used by people in sensitive occupations - deliberate or not, I'll let you decide - and it meant that a lot of doctor's consultations were being recorded without their knowledge. The recordings were then sent to the US government dept that deals with illegal recordings and, as far as I know, are still there. It all came out when Google were caught and it was splashed all over the local media headlines. Many were left wondering just who in government, bit business or security here was in line to be blackmail material as a result of a ''confidential'' medical consultation which is now residing in the files in Washington. Worse, they couldn't or wouldn't reveal who had been recorded (so could be anyone) and couldn't return the recordings because they were residing in the USA now and out of their reach (they claimed). Google were fined heavily but I have no idea if they ever paid up and they were forced to change their software, in this country at least.
Don’t mean to be rude. If you’re a Luddite why do you have a phone? Really interested in why you wouldn’t trust new technology, but trust a phone. Do you have a flip phone, or a smartphone?
Great video! There's one setting that was off when you got there but wasn't mentioned at 4:53, "Privacy Preserving Ad Measurement". If it's off, is that turning off the privacy or is it turning off the ability to measure any ads?
Oh course our phones are always listening to us. I'm almost certain that there's some fine print that we all agree to with most phones upon first setting them up. Something that tells us what our data is going to be used for.
I used to be an apple fanboy until I woke up and realized it’s just another big corporation that doesn’t give a crap about your privacy anymore but rather the big $ is the only thing they care about.
I had a similar situation a year or so ago and Facebook was listening in to what i was saying, i was talking about buying a Palermo’s pizza while at the grocery store and grabbed a Palermo’s pizza and when i got home and logged onto Facebook and the second post in was an ad talking about a Palermo’s pizza and I realized then that is absolutely nerve racking
The cross website tracking is necessary when booking online appointments using third party booking widgets on websites. So when you click on book now on my website it takes you to Vagaro’s booking system and it knows that you are booking a service with me and not my competitors and it continues the booking experience on my website. That is the main reason that the tracking is on phones. So that it understands third party applications on websites. Telling your viewers to shut it off limits what they can do on their devices.
I found that my TH-cam feed is filled with topics I’ve just talked to someone about, ie prescription glasses and many other things. The microphone is turned off but this phenomenon keeps happening.
If you turn off ten trackers there are probably ten more you don't know about. Even the ones you turned off will probably get toggled back on the next time they update the app. I think privacy is a thing of the past.
My phone is definitely listening. Just a few minutes ago, I did a TH-cam search for "science." (I'm a teacher and wanted to crib some lessons.) I watched one on biology - not a strong subject for me - and I think I said outloud, "I'm going to need some coffee for this." Guess what TH-cam recommend immediately after? "The science of caffeine." I then said, "My phone is definitely listening to me." A minute later, this video right here was recommended.
love this your channel but can you please slow down the beginning of each section?? im struggling finding the correct setting section on my phone to change the setting. please help me!?
That "effect" you refer to is the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. By noticing something, you suddenly begin noticing it more and more, believing that it is becoming more commonplace.
I went to the Justin Outlet in Fort Worth to buy some new Boots this past December. Saw Wood Handle Boot Hooks and bought a set. Told my boys that I bought them. Now I’m getting ads for Boot Hooks on my phone.
I’ve been subscribed for several years and this video was one of the best. I share these with friends and family. Thanks so much for the important information you both share!
Awesome guys!!! Thank you for posting this! ps: I saw Saranac, my sis went to "NCCC"and lived on Lake Flower! which had the ice sculptures, back in the 90's!
Useful info, I was pretty secure / paranoid anyway (cos I'm old) but good to check. Recommend in "Privacy & Security" going to "Analytics & Improvements" then "Analytics Data" - hit anything there to get a look at some of the data being physically recorded on your phone. Also the "App Privacy Report" looks interesting, so I've turned that on for now and it shows Google are hard at work in the background whether I like it or not. PS, I rarely talk to the thing, don't trust it 🤣
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For me, this was a very self-assuring video. As it turns out, I don't use Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, or Tiktok. Hence, cleaning up my phone was quite easy. I always believed this social media garbage was just that; garbage. As time goes on, my original sentiments only seem to gain affirmation. Great video!!
Agree wholeheartedly! Never had those apps, never will.
I don't have any of those apps either. I also have an Android. But it sure seems to me like somebody's listening in. The pop-ups and ads are way too targeted
absolutely
Absolutely couldn’t agree more
Social media apps are worse than garbage. They cause harm. They are more like contagions that affect your mind.
Thank you for showing us how to turn off unnecessary intrusions into our privacy. I too don't use any social media except for TH-cam, but I have turned-off many other things on my iPhone that you have recommended. You two are providing a real service to those of us who are not tech savvy.
You can’t turn it off. It’s just like google saying you can turn location off but forced to admit to Congress that it really never goes off. If something can do something that benefits the people controlling it, then it’s doing it.
@@codymadison9993 Big Brother always wins eh?
@@cmcer1995 Kinda. Unless you want to just not use a smart phone. I have one, but it stays at home, and I treat it like a land line.
Here's an extreme measure. Build a lead box to place your phone in as you travel and only take it out at places you need it when needed. Your phone will suddenly know where you are but it won't know how you got there.
If you attend any type of demonstration or protest, always leave your phone at home.
Don't take it anywhere that might incriminate you or your ''customers'' (bit of a drug dealer tip there, but it might be a useful tip... I don't know what you do for a living :)
I know. It's a bit ''tin-foil-hat'' sounding, but if you really are concerned...
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Always helpful content. I pause a boatload of times to make sure I’m following properly. Thanks, D&D!
At 71, so do I.
I do too.
@Savoy Truffle I'm watching from another device trying to keep up and I'm still pausing the video 😂😂
Same! I’m sure my family thinks I’m crazy playing sections again and again 😂
totally IS happening. I have 'mysterious" YT recommended videos on things I have NOT searched for, i.e. I had a podcast running on my phone and walked into the living room, where my son showed me a video he was watching about trains. I commented on how cool the trains were and .... 2 days later, there was a video recommendation on YT about trains- something I have Never searched for in any way. So, I tested out this theory by calling someone and intentionally talking about some random things I have never thought about searching for, and lo and behold, within a day, there were video recommendations for these things right there in the top 10 of my YT videos. btw, I have Not set up Siri or Alexa on any of my devices. also, I am using an iPhone.
We have noticed it happening even without a smartphone around....pretty sure the TV was listening.....it’s covered up ,now....but,WTF!
Train 🚂 good to know
@@toneenorman2135 how do you cover up the tv? Is it hidden mics in them? This is all so invasive. Thanks
beatitudes it really is incredibly unnerving. The TV is unplugged and covered with some tapestries. I don’t know if that stops it? The only reason we keep it is in the small chance we ever want to use it again.. it hasn’t been turned on in 6 years. But,other stuff is listening or connected because it still happens....our son is fully connected to stuff in his own home,but,we share things like Netflix and Spotify and I suspect we are monitored through him...
@@beatitudesmatthew25.40 they don't even need a microphone. There have been reports of some using their speakers as microphones.
Not in a million years would I know or even find all this stuff on my iphone. Thank you guys.
Get rid of ur iphone i too found the earwigging by using a nokia n 63 not meant for the public as there's different levels of security. I heard the police recording my call as he read out dob name pulse number n who i was calling . I sent them on a trip n chase by saying we have to sell all that powder.... they followed us for over a year just because of an iphone . Be lucky .
Yes my iPhone for listening to me. I was just talking to my mom about that a couple hours ago. And now here’s a video talking about it.
I am on Android and deactivated all "ok Google" on every possible devices. The other day i was telling my wife about lawyer fees and within 5 minutes I had an ad about "you won't believe how much lawyers charge in your area"... I only mentioned to my wife, never googled it or anything... so these devices clearly listen even if you deactivate the features.
Similar situation happened to my brother and I. He even de-googled his phone and it still picked up on our conversation.
Of course they are
Why are you even surprised ?
Every smart speaker listens every smart device monitors you
Every camera watches you
Every comment on TH-cam every email
Buy a smart toilet it will monitor your biological leavings
And even if you opt out your dipshit friends will have devices recording you
I've had a similar experience with my android. I put covers over the camera lens front and back.
@@Walter-wo5sz I cover the camera and microphone on my turned off android phone too! My phone made a funny noise one day, even though it was turned off. Paranoia set in so i started covering my phone...smh the only way to 100% secure your phone is to pull the battery when not using the phone....geez!
@@tonyv8925 or buy a dumb phone and use tablet for anything else that you switch off when you don't use it.
One great alternative to Google is Duck Duck Go. Good search engine that doesn’t thwarts tracking mechanisms.
If someone is listening to my phone life I feel sorry for them because that’s GOT to be even more boring than living it 😳
Mine too!
Ha ha I feel the same. Don’t even care about the ads, sometimes there helpful or I just ignore. I don’t mind reminders to buy cat food
That's not the point.
It's someone's AI program listening to you. A program never gets bored, dude!
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Thank you for wading through all the intricacies of setting up roadblocks for securing our privacy. And thank you for making this simple to follow guide. Us older folks need this guidance.
Just say no to Facebook, Twitter etc. Never had them, never will. Same goes for other addictive platforms such as Pinterest, Tumblr and all the dozens of others. Hint: Your device is your servant, not the other way around.
I realized this a few years ago when after talking to a friend about something I immediately started seeing ads about it on my MAC. Very useful video, thank you!!
Thank goodness for the ability to pause a video! Thank you though. I’ve switched off a whole bunch of stuff. I’m sure my phone listens to me and reads my messages.
Do you have any tips on how to reduce spam in emails?
Thank you so much. I’ve closed them all down. I’m so useless with the technology with these phones... you’re brilliant! 😁👍
I mentioned to my daughter that I had been to Greece. Following which, I got ads for Greece.
I do not use Siri, so after this video, I realised to disable Siri functions in every app.
One of creepiest experiences I had was after I did some searches about winter boots with my PC, several advertising about winter boots popped up later while I was using a tablet. I was surprised because the two devices were independent and they don't even have the same account. I always think they use only cookies to track my shopping habits. But I suspect now they also use my IP address for the same purpose.
Same password to log in to Google or whatever you use?
They are linked
@@wesss9353 The google account and password in my pc and in my tablet are different.
Happens to me all the time online while window shop
Thanks! Really helpful. I feel *slightly* more secure 😉🙏🏻
Same here.
Under “ manage data used to show ads then audience based, I found 193 companies. I changed them all to don’t allow. It took me just over an hour.
Great video! You know, this is quite interesting. I live in Germany, and I followed your instructions, and I was surprised to see that everything you recommended to turn off (or on) had already been preset (turned off) like you recommended. I believe this is because Germany is VERY much invested in privacy (GDPR) - which on the downside also means that sometimes we are not able to interact with certain non-German websites that are not conform with the Germany Privacy Laws. Sometimes I click on articles or videos and will then be informed it is not a "safe" site and I would need to actively change the settings to read it, which in 100% of the cases I don't, as I am too lazy or don't think it is worth the trouble.
Same Germany that was using covid tracking that used tracking to solve crimes?
Or you talking about another Germany?
@@wesss9353 😂😂😂😂
THANK YOU!! I haven't even finished watching this video and I'm grateful it was made. I've worked in tech (including Ad Tech) for about a decade and constantly have to tell people that it's highly unlikely that your Phone is listening to you for the sake of selling you stuff or serving you ads. There are much more efficient and accurate ways of doing that NOW without listening.
That said, if you are under government surveillance or something similar -- it makes it a non-zero chance your phone is listening to you, but still, not for ads.
It happens all the time….I can talk about things and then TH-cam will push videos base exactly on my conversation on apps where the microphone turned off
Thank you. At age 74 I’m overwhelmed but with play and replay several times I think I got most of it. We still have a dial up phone in our house so you might understand my dilemma!
I've experienced this at least 20 times. I'll be speaking about something totally random, of course never having searched for it online, and it will start popping up on banner ads. I don't have Alexa, so the only thing it could be would be my iPhone sitting next to me in the room.
I don’t have Alexa either. Never will.
These large companies control much of government due to collusion, etc. They don't care about basic human rights. That's why they deploy mass censorship while simultaneously accusing Putin of the same. Putin is a crook and so are they.
It may have been the phones, Smart TV, or just triangulating our digital location, but when I used to work in an office with 3 other colleagues, just about any time we would talk about a certain product (Apple or Android phones, a GPU, CPUs, Sneakers, Collectibles, tools, just about anything really) I'd get ads in my browser searches the next day or day after that. Big Data is definitely "listening" in somehow.
The song was Desperado
SSH he’ll get a copyright strike
I was on my work computer checking out violin stands (yes, we're allowed to). Someone asked me what I was looking at and I explained i was looking at violin stands for my violin. When I got home and got onto my MacBook, low and behold, ads for violin stands popped up! My work computer is not connected to me in any way and, due to my work, is pretty heavily firewalled. However, my personal iPhone was sitting on my desk when I explained to my colleague that I was checking out violin stands...
I use Duck Duck Go. Not safari or Chrome.
Yes I also use Brave as my back-up and use DuckDuck Go on all of my devices …. phone tablet pc.👍🏼
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Always appreciate your videos. Thanks for walking up through step by step!
FB drives me nuts. Fortunately, I had my ad settings/prefs switched off already. I probably did it in the past based on another one of your videos. However, Amazon pegged me and so did Twitter. I turned them off too. Thank you! ❤️👍
Ok the scary thing for me is that I’ve only THOUGHT about needing something and never spoke about it. Suddenly there are ads for it or Amazon suggestions. Weird!
Good stuff as always guys...Thanks! Also, when something is using your microphone there's an orange color icon on the iphone, upper right that lights up, you'll see it when you put your phone on "speaker" ....so keep an eye on that maybe?
I truly believe that our phones actually are able to pick up our thoughts as well.
I have my reasons…
Yes exactly our brainwaves are literally electricity or currents which is what the phones are 4g 5g I’ve studied neuroscience this isn’t too far off . Lookup project blue beam scary stuff
Wait until Elon’s phone hits the market…..you get an implant that allows you to use the phone without picking it up….scarey!!!
Full-on surveillance is what we're all living through. There is no trust in privacy promises. We are their commodities.
Did everything as instructed here, all good in all apps until Amazon, when I follow the step to disable in privacy as directed I can't even get an option to turn off or disable because Amazon conveniently pops up with a UH-OH Something went wrong on our end. Below that it reads GO TO AMAZON HOME. For that I just deleted the app off my iPhone. This is a great channel, very glad I found it, Thank you!
Thanks for making this video. You made it super clear. Keep doing what you do as I would never have found half those settings👍👍
I'm stunned that out of all the steps, I had only two that had to be turned off. I think there was a day I was fed up with Apple, Facebook, Amazon, etc. I went through everything thing on the phone settings, not knowing what a lot of them were about and just clicked them off.
This was extremely helpful.
Great job.
..same here
Unfortunately this won’t completely stop it from listening in. Just stops recommending things for you that you may be interested in. As long as you have a phone in this day and age, big brother and the gov will always know where you are and what you’re doing.
I’m not even kidding… this type of burying the lead on so many things should be ILLEGAL!! What about our rights as consumers??? It’s beyond frustrating. Vent over! 😬 Appreciate you guys!! 🙏🏻
We have a government (most governments) for the corporates, by the corporates and influenced by big money!!!😢😮
I keep telling people about my phone listening in to me, but they just laugh! But I'm getting ads for things I've talked about but have never searched! I tested this by talking for a few minutes about new cars "I never search for anything car related", I did this each day for 4 days and then a week later I'm getting the ads! At some point this is going to blow up just like Facebook did.
Thanks guys as always very helpful 😎🇮🇪
Great tutorial guys! Thank you for taking the time to help us😊.
Thank you for all the information. I really don’t understand why Apple or any phone needs to know so much about someone. George Orwell” Big Brother” 1984, by group Spirit, came and went. Here we are. Thank you for trying to help. With old 6s-my wife & I were woken in middle of night. After 50 year, we DON’T talk in our sleep, yet SIRI woke us up. I wonder if Apple upper echelon would enjoy us watching their every move. Sad, really
I’m new to Apple. I bought an IPad 3 weeks ago after only using Samsung androids for years. I’m done with androids and Samsung. They’ve always been very invasive, in my opinion. I’ll be buying an IPhone 13 pro sometime within the next few months. The IPad is a good way for me to get acquainted with the Apple world. This is great info, thanks! I’m a new subscriber.
I’ve been creeped out several times by my iPhone. We were receiving small items from Amazon that we never ordered or were charged for. I called Amazon and they had no ideas. Several days later my husband and I were talking, at home, no phones. I said “we should get a dashboard camera. Two days later a dashboard camera showed up from amazon(?). Too weird. Sis and I were talking in person, no phones. Discussing where we wanted to visit…next day places we discussed popped up on my phone. Sorry but…they are listening!
But how ? So you have any of those devices in your home that you tell it what to to and it does it ? I would feel like I was being bugged in my home !
Wait, Amazon is sending you free stuff?
@@thexshattered yes, they were. You’d think that was cool until you realized that they were sending you stuff that you had discussed in the privacy of your home. Creeped me out - ready to unplug!
This happens to me ALL the time
Yo, I did all these steps because I’m not about to have nobody be tracking. Nothing I got going on on my phone it works. It works on my iPhone just fine.
This is a good one. Thanks guys. 👍🏼
Here is my experience
I was talking to my friend about vitamin supplant. Then I mentioned to him that if he knew about IHERB. He has never heard of it. But as he opened his phone to search it, IHERB add was right there.
I love Iherb though. Great keto products
Thank you guys for showing us layman people how to protect our privacy. I really appreciate all the info you have given us. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I had one problem and that was Amazon.
When I went to ad preferences a message with a dog saying “UH-OH something went wrong on our end” So I guess they don’t want me to turn it off? Other than that everything you said was easily shutoff. Thank you
Okay, but in order for the phone to be able to parse the sounds you make in order to recognize “hey Siri” it has to send that voice information to a server where a machine judges whether or not you’re trying to get it’s attention. Meaning it *literally* is sending every sound it hears.
I am so sure that "Hey Siri" recognition is done offline on the device. It would generate simply too much data if an iPhone would constantly transmit what it records via the microphone. No server infrastructure in this world could handle a constant stream of audio from 1B devices and probably no network could handle traffic I would guess.
Dump Siri, she’s Not your friend.
@@Angelina6518 good idea. I’m pretty sure she cheats on me.
@@bbrown5887 you can always try asking her. I asked where would be a good place to dump a dead body? I was asking for a friend obviously, not myself! 😅🤣
Hey Siri is one of THE MOST ANNOYING THINGS EVER. It’s a constant no I didn’t even say anything even close to that, shut up Siri, so turned it off after just a few days of her constant interruptions. Like notifications. Don’t need a needy phone thanks.
Thanks for this informative tutorial, most of my stuff was blocked thanks to your previous videos. I removed FB from my iPhone so it’s better for me.
If anyone thinks Apple is secure or privacy focused, they're wrong, including this channel
My microphone is still listening to my calls. All apps have had microphone turned off ?
I can’t help but think that these guys are getting secretly paid by Apple to give out these information to us . 😱
I appreciate the video. Many of the settings were more deeply hidden than they were 2 years ago. I had to do a bit more searching than what was shown in the video, but was persistent and was able to turn most off. I noticed that you did not cover privacy settings in youtube
Believe me this information is so tightly packed I’m hitting pause and reverse a lot but very useful. Thank you!
And I told my friend who has an android that they are listening to you!
Hey Guys, 💁🏼 Great IPHONE STANDs, really look cool & useful, Thanks for a Wonderful Show 💝
This is one of my favorie videos who guys have done.... It's great that you all are helping all of us understand what these big tech compamies are doing and without really saying anything...Not one word ... Keep up the great job that you both are doing ... So until the next video have a great day .... Beaufort SC hear BTW ...
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I say it’s discouraging because Facebook and Google have had my info and likes for 15 years so they have such an accurate algorithm, they don’t need much else even if I now have it off. Kinda scary that they saw me grow up and know me better than anyone
Edit: btw thank you for showing me how to reduce it
That's it, I'm buying a Nokia 3310.
So helpful. Thanks again, boys. Yet another video that is saving us from "them"!!
The weird part is when I be on TH-cam and I’m watching a video and then I get ads about that are about what I’m watching for example if I’m watching someone clean a car I get out about products that help you clean a car it’s creepy and not only that I’ll get ads about local businesses in my area on TH-cam as well and I’m like what the do you know where I live
Yeah, I hear you! There are options in Google Ads where companies can run ads based on your geography or even by what video you're about to watch. After all, someone who's about to watch a video about how to clean a car is much more likely than the average person to buy a car cleaning product right then and there - and that's what it's all about. And the Hokey Pokey.
I guess the real question is: Why aren't you using an adblocker?
@@YouHolli I have one on my computer
My wife mentioned a very specific person with a very unique way of spelling that name in a text, not Messenger or any other app, and that person showing up on my “people you may know” list on FB that evening. Phone is listening.
It’s definitely useful, thanks sir, not overwhelming to do, just had to pause the video and carry them out
Imagine life without them and only a land line and an answering machine. I miss the 80s-90s !
Even if we are being tracked, it's only so they can sell us stuff. It's not like we're in danger… right?
Wrong
I bought my first iPhone this week, and you guys showed up in my YT recs. DUM-DUM-DUUUMMMMM!!! So much to learn, AT&T forced me to upgrade from my 3G flip-phone. I fixed them, I'm switching carriers too. Ha-ha!!
Google were caught out by this. Their app reacted to certain words and turned on the microphone without telling the user, unfortunately the words it reacted to included many used by people in sensitive occupations - deliberate or not, I'll let you decide - and it meant that a lot of doctor's consultations were being recorded without their knowledge. The recordings were then sent to the US government dept that deals with illegal recordings and, as far as I know, are still there. It all came out when Google were caught and it was splashed all over the local media headlines. Many were left wondering just who in government, bit business or security here was in line to be blackmail material as a result of a ''confidential'' medical consultation which is now residing in the files in Washington. Worse, they couldn't or wouldn't reveal who had been recorded (so could be anyone) and couldn't return the recordings because they were residing in the USA now and out of their reach (they claimed). Google were fined heavily but I have no idea if they ever paid up and they were forced to change their software, in this country at least.
I love you blokes. My phone works so much better and I feel a little less naked after following your instructions. Thank you
The good thing about being a Luddite is that I don't have any apps on my phone, so I don't have to race around trying to protect myself from them!
Don’t mean to be rude. If you’re a Luddite why do you have a phone? Really interested in why you wouldn’t trust new technology, but trust a phone. Do you have a flip phone, or a smartphone?
@@robsmetalcovers1452 I have the same question
Virtue signalling, holier than thou much? Must feel good to be so smug.
What is a Luddite?
You’re a Luddite, yet you’re commenting on a TH-cam video!
SIRI turns on randomly, for example if I say something like “not necessarily”.
Great video! There's one setting that was off when you got there but wasn't mentioned at 4:53, "Privacy Preserving Ad Measurement". If it's off, is that turning off the privacy or is it turning off the ability to measure any ads?
Switch it off!!!
You guys are priceless, not worthless.
Oh course our phones are always listening to us. I'm almost certain that there's some fine print that we all agree to with most phones upon first setting them up. Something that tells us what our data is going to be used for.
Correct
I used to be an apple fanboy until I woke up and realized it’s just another big corporation that doesn’t give a crap about your privacy anymore but rather the big $ is the only thing they care about.
South Park did an episode on it.
Hey Davids could you make a video on iPhone screen sharing and how to stop it permanently 👍👍👍
I had a similar situation a year or so ago and Facebook was listening in to what i was saying, i was talking about buying a Palermo’s pizza while at the grocery store and grabbed a Palermo’s pizza and when i got home and logged onto Facebook and the second post in was an ad talking about a Palermo’s pizza and I realized then that is absolutely nerve racking
The cross website tracking is necessary when booking online appointments using third party booking widgets on websites. So when you click on book now on my website it takes you to Vagaro’s booking system and it knows that you are booking a service with me and not my competitors and it continues the booking experience on my website. That is the main reason that the tracking is on phones. So that it understands third party applications on websites.
Telling your viewers to shut it off limits what they can do on their devices.
We desperately need an alternative to apple and Google that is designed to not do these things
There’s another way, simply use the web browser for Facebook if you absolutely need it, and never install the app.
@@mwjmk it’s not just the Facebook app, besides Facebook tracks in the browser too even if you’re not on Facebook.
It will never happen. It is more profitable to the companies to violate your privacy.
duck duck go is the way to _ _!
I follow these guys big time…
Duck duck go is now owned by google
I found that my TH-cam feed is filled with topics I’ve just talked to someone about, ie prescription glasses and many other things. The microphone is turned off but this phenomenon keeps happening.
If you turn off ten trackers there are probably ten more you don't know about. Even the ones you turned off will probably get toggled back on the next time they update the app. I think privacy is a thing of the past.
There should be a button like battery saving mode that enables all the privacy options.
My phone is definitely listening. Just a few minutes ago, I did a TH-cam search for "science." (I'm a teacher and wanted to crib some lessons.)
I watched one on biology - not a strong subject for me - and I think I said outloud, "I'm going to need some coffee for this."
Guess what TH-cam recommend immediately after? "The science of caffeine."
I then said, "My phone is definitely listening to me."
A minute later, this video right here was recommended.
Thank you again for taking the time to help us all turning off these apps .
love this your channel but can you please slow down the beginning of each section?? im struggling finding the correct setting section on my phone to change the setting. please help me!?
Very helpful. Fast, but pausing and rewinding (my age is showing) made the process simple. Thank you.
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Such a helpful video. Never knew all of these settings
Yes they are!!!! Read a book called "Live Not by Lies" . Even when it is turned off it can send information out to other media outlets.
That "effect" you refer to is the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. By noticing something, you suddenly begin noticing it more and more, believing that it is becoming more commonplace.
I went to the Justin Outlet in Fort Worth to buy some new Boots this past December. Saw Wood Handle Boot Hooks and bought a set. Told my boys that I bought them. Now I’m getting ads for Boot Hooks on my phone.
Already had all of these settings done except Amazon. 👍🏻
I’ve been subscribed for several years and this video was one of the best.
I share these with friends and family.
Thanks so much for the important information you both share!
The best part was receiving a Disney video ad following this end of this video using Disney as their example of the phone listening in!
Awesome guys!!! Thank you for posting this!
ps: I saw Saranac, my sis went to "NCCC"and lived on Lake Flower! which had the ice sculptures, back in the 90's!
Useful info, I was pretty secure / paranoid anyway (cos I'm old) but good to check.
Recommend in "Privacy & Security" going to "Analytics & Improvements" then "Analytics Data" - hit anything there to get a look at some of the data being physically recorded on your phone. Also the "App Privacy Report" looks interesting, so I've turned that on for now and it shows Google are hard at work in the background whether I like it or not. PS, I rarely talk to the thing, don't trust it 🤣
Oh my gosh! So much amazing information. Thank you!!!
Thanks. What you need is less apps 😃
IN MY VIEW
Your site has helped me understand that I was complacent with my phone settings. Thank you for educating me.
You guys give great information. Thanks so much!
Acceleromiters are used for listening through walls by the security services. So ,can apple acceleromiters decode speach???
These tips and tricks are great for hardening your iPhone and IPad..
I used this video to help my famaiy Thank you, Your help should be on Nightly News. I appreciate Blondie being a host of this video.
So thankful for yawl’s videos and platform.