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Cox Media Admits to Using Smartphones to Spy on Private Conversations on Behalf of Facebook, Google, Amazon

Yes, they are listening to your phone's microphone.

by Brian Pfail
September 7, 2024
in Big Tech, News, Technology
Cox Media Admits to Using Smartphones to Spy on Private Conversations on Behalf of Facebook, Google, Amazon

Last Updated on September 7, 2024

Cox Media Group (CMG), a TV and radio news corporation, admitted to its investors in a pitched deck that its “Active Listening” software “capture[s] real-time intent data by listening to our conversations.”

404 Media reported that such marketing firms listen to smartphone microphone activity to determine pushed ads.

CMG’s pitch deck stated, “Advertisers can pair this voice data with behavioral data to target in-market consumers.” Consumers “leave a data trail based on their conversations and online behavior,” which machine learning AI collects and collates.

The first slide of CMG’s pitch deck describes its “Active Listening” software.

Facebook, Amazon and Google are said to be among the many clients CMG works with. However, after the release of 404 Media’s report, Google removed the company from its “Partners Program,” reported The New York Post.

The deck continues to explain “data trails” and the link to targeted ads.

Amazon responded to 404 Media, denying any allegations of working with CMS and stating it “has no plans to do so.” It further said any partner that was to take such action would be violating Amazon’s rules.

The Post pressed Google on the issue as well and received this response:

All advertisers must comply with all applicable laws and regulations as well as our Google Ads policies, and when we identify ads or advertisers that violate these policies, we will take appropriate action.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, told The Post that it was investigating CMG’s actions to see if it violated any terms of service:

Meta does not use your phone’s microphone for ads and we’ve been public about this for years … We are reaching out to CMG to get them to clarify that their program is not based on Meta data.

In December, 404 Media reported that New Hampshire-based company MindSift bragged about the same practice of CMG, listening to people’s phones and creating targeted ads based upon that information.

https://www.404media.co/content/media/2023/12/mindsift.mp4

In a YouTube episode, cofounder Andy Galeshahi said to attract clients, “I’ll say like, ‘Hey, have you ever talked about something and saw an ad for it?’ We’re the guys. That’s us. We distribute the tech. The technology has been around for a while, but the torch has been passed.”

A month before 404 Media’s December report, CMG posted on their blog, “We know what you’re thinking. Is this even legal?” The post has been deleted but remains archived.

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Brian Pfail

Brian Pfail

Brian J. Pfail is a freelance reporter and writer. He previously reported for Newsmax and the Long Island Herald. Pfail has contributed to The Federalist, American Greatness, Real Clear Policy, The New York Sun, and Townhall. Follow him on X at @brian_pfail.

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