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This article was first published in The Conversation Have you ever chatted with a friend about buying a certain item and been targeted with an ad for that same item the next day? If so, you may have wondered whether your smart phone was “ listening ” to you. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> But is it really? Well, it’s no coincidence the item you’d been interested in was the same one you were targeted with. But that doesn’t mean your device is actually listening to your conversations — it doesn’t need to. There’s a good chance you’re already giving it all the information it needs. Can phones hear? Most of us regularly disclose our information to a wide range of websites and apps. We do this when we grant them certain permissions, or allow “cookies” to track our online activities. So-called “first-party cookies” allow websites to “remember” certain details about our interaction with the site. For instance, login cookies let you save your login de...

A mobile phone ban will be enforced in every NSW public high school from term four. The ban - a Minns government election promise - would bring NSW high schools into line with public primary schools as well as schools in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The education department will begin consulting with schools from Monday on options available to enforce the ban. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> One option is having students deposit phones on trolleys at the start of each school day and picking them up after the final bell rings, as is the case at Condell Park High School in Sydney’s southwest. “This means teachers and students are focusing on teaching and learning with no interruptions,” principal Susie Mobayed said in a statement. “There’s also no room for cyberbullying, social media or taking photos and videos during the school day.” Other schools use lockable pouches, lockers, bags or simply make the students ...

If you’ve stopped by a Telstra payphone recently to utilise the free national calls and texts, you may have wondered what the “Follow On” button beneath the receiver does. Now that the pay phone s don’t require coins, the feature is largely redundant, but the little-known trick tickled various generations online, who shared from their own repertoire of outdated pay phone hacks. An Australian man posed the phone booth question on Monday, asking Reddit: “What does the ‘Follow On’ button do on Telstra phone boxes?” Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “It allowed you to make further calls with any remaining call credit,” one user explained. “I loved that you had to press it before the other person hung up, or it would disconnect, and you’d be stuck with no money to make the other calls you really needed to make,” another said. “Was that the trick was it? Glad I found out 20 years after I needed that,” another said. The feature is still useful when maki...

Google is urging all Android phone owners to download its newest security update to ensure all devices are protected after a security scare . There are a number of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices and Google’s latest “patch” is designed to fix a whopping 40 security issues. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Top Google searches for the year that was revealed. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Android phone owners will be alert ed to the software update through their device, but they should check each device and should check their app permissions, according to cyber experts. “The Android security patch level refers to a monthly manifest of security patches rolled out by Google in an effort to close up security holes and malicious code exploits in the Android OS,” cyber security blog MalwareBytes Labs said. “The more recent your patch level, the less vulnerable your device is to security exploits.” This update is available for Androi...