What Matt Birchler thinks about privacy

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Designer, product manager, YouTuber and developer who has written about technology at Birchtree since 2010. He makes the Quick Reviews and Quick Notes apps and the A Better Computer YouTube channel.

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1. 27 Sept 2026, 18:46 UTC

   Our readingAnecdotal evidence is insufficient to prove that phones are listening.

   Their wordsIf you're going to convince people that your phone is really listening to you and sharing every word you say with advertisers across the world, you need to do better than, "oh, there was this coincidence."

   ↗My phone is clearly listening to me*birchtree.me