Maybe you’ve noticed you’re having an arbitrary conversation about… I dunno, taking a vacation somewhere and the next time you login to facebook… boom… ads for cheap flights to somewhere.????VO-insta/speakerphone-no symbol??And while apps like facebook and instagram say they don’t listen to you all the time and that you voluntarily provide them with enough info to precisely advertise to you-????VO-code??Cyber-security experts are still skeptical.????VO-cyber security/BU Logo/smartphone??A Senior lecturer on cyber-security and privacy at Birmingham University tells the Daily Mail that even if your devices are always listening to you, there may be nothing illegal about it at all.????VO-’’??“Every time you download an app and give it permission to access personal information, whether it be photographs, contacts or microphone, you open yourself to being targeted.”????VO-EULA graphic??Meaning when you accept that End User License Agreement you never read, you’re giving them permission.

????VO-phone desk “quote”??He goes on to say the app may use your phone’s preprogrammed ability to listen for “trigger phrases” like “hey siri,” or “ok google-????VO-ads??To now listen for advertiser keywords, as well….

Sending you ads if you or someone around you happens to utter one of them while in the presence of the phone.

????VO-?????So what can you do?????VO-social media??Head security researcher at cyber-security firm Kaspersky Lab, David Emm, puts it best:????VO-’’??Saying: “People should think more about what they download on their phones and remember that nothing is free.

There are just different ways of paying.”????VO ??So I guess the question you have to ask yourself is this: is posting pictures of what you had for brunch really worth it???