Adrian Weckler
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6,401 appearances
44 recordings
9 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard today
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you actually have toggle on, toggle off controls as to which apps can use the microphone.
So you would know.
Hello, and you're welcome to The Big Tech Show with me, Adrian Weckler.
Now, we're going to do it again.
We're going to tackle the most consistent, the most persistent conspiracy theory out there.
Is your phone listening to you?
You mention a holiday destination, you mention a health service, you mention an unusual object.
The next day you see an ad on Facebook or Instagram or TikTok or somewhere else for that very thing.
And you wonder, can that really be a coincidence?
I know that many of you listening to this and watching this are
are 100% sure in your head that it is not a coincidence, that there must be some way of connecting that conversation because you never talked about it before or you hadn't talked about it in months.
And how are you only seeing an ad for it now?
Leave aside the fact that it would be illegal.
Leave aside the fact that all the tech companies say that they don't do it.
Leave aside your own common sense that suggests if that were the case all the time, then there would be a big streaming bill on your phone or your phone's battery.
would be shot to hell because your microphone will be on all the time.
You just know in your heart of hearts that it's happening.
And a year or two ago, you would have had a piece of evidence that supported your case.
And it was in America and it was an advertising firm called Cox Media Group.
And there was a pitch deck, an advertising pitch deck that they circulated
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