问HN：我们的手机真的在监听我们吗？
我听说过这个理论很多次，身边很多人都报告了类似的故事：他们在某个地方（例如酒吧）和别人大声谈论某个话题时，手机就在旁边，然后当他们打开手机时，会发现有关于那个特定话题的广告。例如，有个朋友报告说他们在谈论一位歌手，结果他打开Instagram时就看到了那位歌手即将举行的音乐会的广告，尽管他并没有搜索过这个信息。还有人告诉我，他在对话中提到一个城市，结果打开Google地图时，视角正好在那个特定城市上。
我自己从未注意到这种现象，我看到一个YouTuber的视频说这些理论很奇怪，因为在设备上分析声音是复杂的，首先，直到最近这并不明显，其次，这需要相当大的计算能力。在服务器上分析数据更是困难，因为用户数量庞大。当前人工智能的进展确实可以让这成为可能，但我仍然有些怀疑。回到我的例子，我想那个收到音乐会广告的人可能是关注了那位歌手的账号？而另一个人可能看过Google地图但不记得了？
我并不是想说所有这些证词都是错误的，但考虑到公众对手机作为数据“黑洞”的认知，有时我们似乎倾向于相信一些牵强的故事。
你有没有经历过类似的故事？我很想听听你的看法。
谢谢！
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I heard about this theory quite a lot, many people around me have reported similar stories: they talk aloud with someone (e.g. in a bar) about a topic with their phone nearby, then when they open their phone they will notice some ads about that specific topic.
For instance, a friend reported they were talking about a singer and when he opened Instagram he add an ad for the upcoming concert of that singer although he didn't search for it.
Someone even told me he mentioned a city in a conversation and when he opened Google Maps, the view was on that specific city.<p>I have never noticed this behavior myself, and I saw a video from a youtuber saying that these theories are strange since analysing voice on the device is complicated because first, until recently it was not so obvious, and second, it requires a good amount of computing power. Analysing the data on a server is even harder given the huge amount of users.
Current progress in AI could make this work for sure, but still, I'm a bit skeptical. Going back to my examples, I guess the guy that got the ad for the concert was following the singer's account? And the other may have looked at google maps but doesn't remember it?<p>I'm not trying to say all these testimonies are wrong, but given the awareness in the population that phones are literal data sinkholes, sometimes it feels like we tend to believe in some far-fetched stories.<p>Did you experiment similar stories? I'd like to ear your opinions.<p>Thanks!