Mobile phone companies 'snooping on conversations' - but it can be stopped

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People who are not comfortable seeing adverts on their phones for products they have been talking about with freinds and family can now do something to stop it

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Owners of iPhones and Androids have been complaining for a while about being snooped on, but the likes of Facebook and Instagram have always denied they are listening in, reports the Mirror. Research from NordVPN suggests companies are using data monitoring called ultrasonic cross-device tracking.According to NordVPN, this cross-device tracking method sees apps use ultrasonic 'audio beacons' which can't be heard by the human ear to 'link all the devices you own to track your behaviour and location'.Top news stories today Once your device microphone picks them up, it gives advertisers the ability to identify what you've just been watching or talking about.

Also, 62 per cent of consumers said they have no idea what to do to stop it happening and a further one in eight people said it 'scared' them.

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