{"id":265130,"date":"2024-11-22T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/22\/majority-of-people-believe-their-devices-spy-on-them-to-serve-up-ads\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:23","slug":"majority-of-people-believe-their-devices-spy-on-them-to-serve-up-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/22\/majority-of-people-believe-their-devices-spy-on-them-to-serve-up-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of people believe their devices spy on them to serve up ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/21101005\/SEI_230400334.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2457342\" data-caption=\"Your phone isn\u2019t listening\" data-credit=\"miodrag ignjatovic\/Getty Images\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Your phone isn\u2019t listening<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">miodrag ignjatovic\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Most people believe that they have received an online advert as a result of their devices covertly listening to an offline conversation, despite there being no evidence that this takes place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uva.nl\/en\/profile\/s\/t\/j.strycharz\/j.strycharz.html\">Joanna Strycharz<\/a> at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and her colleagues surveyed 886 people in the US, the Netherlands and Poland to discover their views about online advertising. 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