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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The author doesn't say it happens on phones

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 months ago

True. But it's unlikely that it will. More likely is apps using a phone-wide ML service.

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