alt Hacker NewsHow is the OP right? Huge claims require huge evidence; this trope has been disproven over and over again. Security researchers look at exactly this kind of thing, and nevermind this community is full of the people who would actually build such a thing. A massive dragnet isn’t actually as valuable as you think it would be.
It has not been disproven. A simple Google search "is my phone listening to me" provides a resounding yes.
These things need to hear your prompt at the very least, which entails (in many cases, if not most) listening at all times.
Security researchers DO look at this and they, along with everyone else, just shrug because you technically DID give consent when you accepted the thousand line policy you didn't read.