@Sheril Interesting article. I always wondered how they could get away with streaming unauthorized audio data from our phones (and our data plans that we pay for!) in order to potentially listen in to convos.

However, this 'Active Listening' software appears to do the audio analysis on the phone itself, probably keyword-based. I might be wrong about this interpretation - please correct me if so.

It's no less insidious, but it does provide some insight into how it's done.