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gnicholas on Nov 14, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Shazam Keeps Your Mac’s Microphone Always On, Even...

Yeah given the recent spate of ultrasonic trackers, this revelation is not a welcome one. I believe Shazam when they say they're not using the data, but all it takes is one (silent) update to their privacy policy and TOC...

nicky0 on Nov 15, 2016 [–]

Any app you have installed on your system could silently update itself to spy on you.

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