It’s been a long-held suspicion by many people: that smartphones and smart speakers are listening in on their private conversations for various reasons.
Now one company — Atlanta-based Cox Media Group — has revealed that yes, your devices are listening to you. Indeed, CMG touted its ability to identify “relevant conversations via smartphones, smart TVs and other devices” using AI to let local businesses target ads to those people.
“It’s True. Your Devices Are Listening to You,” said a page on the CMG Local Solutions site, which has since been pulled down. “With Active Listening, CMG can now use voice data to target your advertising to the EXACT people you are looking for.”
The blog post and related pages on CMG Local Solutions’ website have been removed but an archived version is available. News about the company’s Active Listening program was previously reported by 404 Media.
In a statement released Friday, Cox Media Group said that its businesses “do not listen to any conversations or have access to anything beyond a third-party aggregated, anonymized and fully encrypted data set that can be used for ad placement.”
“under the terms and conditions provided by those apps and accepted by their users.”
이에 대해 구글과 애플에 대한 입장도 있는데, 자세한 내용은 본문 기사를 읽어보는 게 나을 듯하다. 정말 흥미로워라 ..
결론적으로 문제 없고 백그라운드에서 사용자의 동의 없이는 녹음이나 카메라가 사용되지 않고
된다 하더라도 애플은 확인을 할 수 있다.
그렇다면 . . .
Cox Media Group’s statement Friday did not specifically address why the materials about CMG Local Solutions’ Active Listening were removed from its website. The company said, “We regret any confusion and we are committed to ensuring our marketing is clear and transparent.”
결국 해당 내용을 본인들의 웹사이트에서 지웠고 마케팅에 대해서 더 명확하고 투명하게 이행하고 혼란에 대해서 후회한다는 말. . . .(너무 직역이지만) 참으로 아이러니하고
흥미롭고 좋은 의도이긴 한데 매우 찝찝하고 불쾌한 내용이다.
한편으론 기술과 보안은 참으로 뗄래야 뗄 수 없다는 점을 상기시켜준다.
본문 출처: [Variety.com]https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/active-listening-marketers-smartphones-ad-targeting-cox-media-group-1235841007/