Tag Archives: smartphones

Is your phone listening to you and serving up ads based on what it hears?

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

While I was visiting my older sister over the weekend, she maintained, as so many people do, that her phone listens to her and then serves up ads based on what she was just talking about. As is typical with … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Smartphone privacy, SCOTUS leaks, scholastic censorship, COVID-19 & stress release

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Ralph Hanson

Lots of questions need to be asked and answered this week: Would your smartphone know if you had an abortion? Quite possibly, and that information would likely be for sale.  Would your smartphone know if you had an abortion? There … Continue reading →

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Media Twitter: Digital Detox, Fancy Phones, Creepy Speakers, and Facebook 51

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Diary of a Digital Detox – What did a media professional learn from his experience?https://t.co/mUE8xMq28M — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 22, 2019 I have my classroom media literacy students do an electronic media cleanse as their first homework each semester. And they … Continue reading →

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