The Truth About Your Phone: 17+ Phone Myths Answered | WIRED
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
- We all have plenty of questions about our phones, but where does the truth lie? Is our phone always listening to us? Is it safe to use while pumping gas? Does closing apps help our phone perform better? In this edition of WIRED's Tech Truths, former Apple store tech David Payette is here to set the record straight.
Check out David's UA-cam channel here: / @payetteforward
Director: Trevor Locke
Director of Photography: Rahil Ashruff
Editor: Louis Lalire
Host: David Payette
Coordinating Producer: Kevyn Fairchild
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Shelby Bomah
Production Manager: Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Casting Producer: Thomas Giglio
Talent Booker: Nicole Ford
Camera Operator: Cloud
Audio: Gabe Quiroga
Gaffer: Cody Blevins
Production Assistant: Caleb, Clark Lea Donenberg
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
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Designer: Samuel Fuller
00:00 - Tech Truths with David Payette
00:21 - Is my phone listening to me?
02:03 - Are our phones watching us?
02:59 - Do our phones track us even when they are off?
04:20 - Does your phone get better service depending on how you hold it?
04:27 - Does your phone ruin credit cards or hotel room keys?
04:48 - Will a magnet wipe your phone?
04:57 - Do phones attract lightning?
05:07 - Is it safe to hold your phone when pumping gas?
05:15 - Can your phone be hacked on public WiFi or random USB chargers?
06:23 - Is Airplane Mode really necessary?
07:32 - Does dark mode help your eyesight?
08:20 - Is planned obsolescence real?
09:28 - How waterproof are our phones?
10:33 - Does closing apps enhance your phone’s performance?
11:43 - What’s the deal with exploding phone batteries?
12:40 - What’s the best way to charge our phones?
13:48 - How often do you need to clean your phone’s screen?
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This guy is right, your phone isn't listening to, or watching you. I just asked my phone if it was, and it said "No, and I like that shirt you're wearing."
😂😂😂exactly
He kinda neglected to mention that phones absolutely have been listening and giving ads based on what you hear. They're just not doing it right now (hopefully).
It was a few years ago when people started reporting those freaky "coincidences". It was some kind of trial run so not everyone experienced it, and it only lasted for a few months.
If a company, or alphabet agency wants to listen to you, they will.
@@VikingTeddy Unfortunately this still happens just as much. I tried this out again a couple of weeks ago and just talking about subjects, that are not in my regular daily life and with my screen turned off still spawned a lot of targeted advertisement on that specific subject in the following week.
Lol
Wired is one of the best channels on UA-cam. I dunno how they consistently find such good guests.
Lol your "Hey Google" around 2:00 activated her on my phone
An important note I think most can agree on: it's not whether or not our phones are listening to us, but whether our information is being intercepted somewhere along the internet infrastructure ie wifi/cell networks.
Sounds like an interesting follow-up!
Bring David back! Long last phone tech that’s understandable and not patronising what an incredibly likeable person!
I'm sure you'd be among those that like Hitler if he believed in your gender dysphoria
Thanks so much, Laura! You made my day 💯🙏
@@PayetteForward you’re welcome! 😀
The guy who worked for Apple says your phone is totally not listening to you. Its just pure coincidence that it constantly brings up content unrelated to anything you've searched for but only mentioned in earshot of your phone 2 minutes ago.
brings up where
It is like asking a robber if he stole anything 🤣🤣.
With Google and Apple I've always that feel that they spy more than others...
Still the most important thing is to keep data safe: Meta for example is well known for losing users important data (1 years ago there were Usernames with their phone numbers all over Telegram... And still the governmnent was like "we didn't see anything. It all seems normal!". For God sake, don't they understand that they makes us vulnerables to cyberattacks?!?)...
Also the fact that it listens only to S is not completely correct. Google in fact lets you look into his data and it sometimes listens to a lot more... The same does Siri, so please, go to privacy and enable auto deleting data after 1 month. It is safer for you not having all your data on their server when you don't need that.
That’s google you doofus
I love how much of the data collection is hedged in "your phones hardware and OS arent doing this" without ever really acknowledging that the various apps you download are *absolutely* doing it.
Besides, all of us have gotten personalized ads about a specific thing right after having a conversation with someone about that specific thing. It's not even a secret, how come he didn't even acknowledge that?
Also, it's lame how apple centric this whole video is
He did say that and gave an example with tiktok app.
@@David-ki2xtit’s like a very long apple ad😂
I loved this guy. He has a sense of catching the rhythm and tone of the process. Have a good mood. and this is one of the least videos I have barely watched until the endi.
We appreciate content like this. It gives us a wider or deeper perspective on things.
Well said!!!
If you appreciate this, I also know a Nigerian Prince who would appreciate giving your money to.
Wo is „we“ and why don’t you know whether it is deeper or wider?
I appreciate this type of comment as it could be copied and pasted on every existing video and it would make sense
Airplane mode is great for preserving battery life! I had a phone without a SIM card for years so I would always have it on airplane mode and only switch on WiFi when I needed it
Sure is! I prefer to focus on the set-it-and-forget-it fixes. Then again, your phone probably lasted a really, really, really long time. 😂
The video was much more interesting then I expected for such a common topic as phones
Thanks, Dima!
I don't like apple products but this video was great
It is mentioned that leaving apps on in the background is okay in terms of not really effecting battery life that much. But how about effecting RAM? Would leaving apps open in the background eventually make the phone less responsive as those apps might be eating up RAM?
That's the reason I always close off all apps; because I don't want the phone to feel slower or sluggish. Is this correct?
Do you even watch the video? He said background app wouldn't eat up RAM.
@@AndrewNiccolThough that's not at all true. How do you know where you left off if it's not stored anywhere? And I doubt it'd move everything every time you tab out of an app.
No because there's something called garbage collection, if memory (RAM) usage starts approaching capacity your phone's operating system will free up space by terminating or suspending other applications.
@@snowgw2 And where is the garbage collection?
@@hopcfizl3671 i dont think you can find it physically lol. Its in the software on the phone so unless your a tech nerd you cant really see it in action
This is gold! Please make it into series and cover PC too.
I watch too much true crime. My mind goes first thing to "but they won't be able to find my body if they can't track my phone!" 😂
Very informative. Thank you.
Just remember that every single tech company wants to store and if it can sell your data.
Such an informative video, make more of these.
OMG I never see anyone wearing Penguing (the brand). Love it 😍
I love this channel, so informative
I love dark mode. I have it on all the time, so much easier on the eyes.
Love these wire interviews sessions
I liked how he trolled me by saying "Hey Siri" which made all of my devices activate.
Very useful. Thanks for sharing.
This guy has helped me learn so much about my phone. I really enjoy his content.
Thanks so much, Janet! I really enjoyed your comment. 👍🏆
Couple comments on topics I've had experience with:
I fly private planes, and my phone gets confused as all get out and the battery plummets very quickly if I don't put it on airplane mode before going up in the air. Meanwhile, the plane could care less. Commercial planes obviously may vary, but I recon you're much better off just using the in-flight wi-fi.
Planned obsolescence is absolutely a real thing. I went to college for engineering and planned obsolescence was something they taught all engineers in all disciplines the very first semester. They called it something nicer to try to convince everyone it was a good idea, but it was very obvious what it was.
Great informative presentation. A pleasure to watch! 👍
If my phone can’t track me how did I get an ad for a very specific coffee I was looking at in the morning at the store? Haven’t googled it, haven’t said out loud, literally just grabbed it to look at it and put it away. I had my phone in my hand.
Has happened to me too.
Husband and I have had this same thing happen to us repeatedly. Nothing said verbally. Nothing typed. Phone in hand or in pocket but screen locked. Suddenly we get ads for their very product.
One time in particular, I was working in my kitchen and my phone was in the next room. I grumbled something to myself and the next time I picked up my phone I had ads all over for a product that was essentially a solution to my grumblings. 🤔
For this thing specifically, I read an article that says your ads will sometimes be based on searches done by people who are in your surroundings. So someone else also stood in that aisle, decided to Google the coffee, now you get ads.
Apparently this is done because there’s an assumption that people share interests with those in their immediate surroundings.
It makes sense to me since my brother bought a power washer while he was visiting us once. We didn’t talk about it at all until I mentioned I kept getting weird power washer ads and didn’t know why. That’s when he mentioned he bought one off Amazon while sitting in our living room.
@@HyperWolf Yes, this. The proximity of your phone to other phones can say a lot about the relationship between the owners of the phones. If there are several phones that spend a lot of time at one address, especially at night, chances are they're a family or at least are close. If someone there does a lot of searching about something, others in the vicinity can be fed ads about it because chances are they're going to like the same or similar thing.
My phone is listening to me by choice. Google Pixel 2 with "Always Listening" song feature on. As well as "hey Google"
Very interesting !!!!
Thankssssss !!!!
This was a great video!
Finally a tech informative video on this channel
Very informative, love this
Thanks so much :)
i love this channel, we all need to watch this kind of videos
Thanks so much! WIRED has an amazing team behind the scenes that makes this possible.
Yes, they hear and see you.
He's a former apple employee this video is a psyop abort. Also as someone who has worked in network communications for airports, turn on airplane mode, as sometimes cell towers act a backup or primary connection for the ground radios that communicate with aircraft to get your flight clearance faster meaning your plane leaves on time.
What's psyop abort?
You are a former airport communications technician, your post is a psyop abort !!1!
"Former Apple Store tech" uh-huh.
I totally love this. Very educative 👍👍
ive personally had a hotel card get ruined by an iphone, but its been years. i think it was around the 5s era... but because of that day, ive always kept them separate.
Awesome keep using this guy. I love his other channel.
Love the sign-pusher
Ah Payette Forward they are a great channel!
Thanks, Jessica! Think of how much of a thrill it was for us to be approached by WIRED!
Never, ever connect to unsecured public Wi-Fi unless you absolutely have to, and definitely never log into anything sensitive like a bank account or other personally identifying account/application. It takes no effort at all for someone with a laptop to set their Network Interface Card (NIC) to "promiscuous mode" along with using some software like a packet tracer and they'll be able to view all the information moving across that network, and tell whether it's encrypted or not. Another tip is to make sure your NFC is turned off except for the moment when you're using it (tap-to-pay feature on your phone), as someone can easily walk by you and make a transaction without you knowing. Stay safe out there!
Right so if you log in using fingerprint threy'll use it for what? And of course banks don't use unsecured protocols.
If in 2023 your bank, or any other app that handles PII, doesn't use HTTPS or equivalent they need their software stack examined, and you need your head examined for using them.
very interesting!
This was great!
This guy is great!
Super interesting, thanks!
Am I the only one who recoiled at 0:42 ? 🤣😂🤣
When's part two of this?
1:18 - I suspected something like this. When working and I encounter something surprisingly or frustrating, I commonly exclaim out loud to myself, “Are you serious!?” And find that this commonly inadvertently activates Siri.
Me, at whoevers hacking me on public wifi: Hope you enjoy the Warrior Cats fanfiction
My ex-wife and a friend were joking about adult diapers one day. Her phone was on the table between them. Shortly thereafter ads for adult diapers started appearing in her feeds. The phone was definitely listening
All Factz
very interesting and i want that shirt
I’m still using an iPhone 6s Plus. Had it almost ten years, pretty crazy. But I have gotten the charging port and battery replaced! Wouldn’t be useable if I hadn’t.
dude's roasting samsung there
is it a roast if it's true
The technical stuff is believable but the truth is phones are listening more than just command to wake up. It has been proven many times. Even I talking about some specific topic near my phone, got few days later many (spam) emails about that specific subject. That is no coincidence.
yep. i was talking about a very esoteric thing (the babinsky reflex) and got a tiktok about it a few hours later (and i don't watch that kind of content on tiktok). it's no coincidence.
Wow, this was pretty interesting
Wired is one of the best channels kn UA-cam!
Is mmWave 5G signal on iPhone can cover by hand or case? I saw some article says it will weaken really fast.
If my phone is not listening, how come I see ads about things I was talking about that I didn't search for? Happens all the time.
Literally exactly what I thought. So it won't listen to anything you say until you prompt it with "Hey Siri..." I have absolutely been advertised to with things I talked about with my friends in conversation and we never uttered those two words...
@@carmensmithaguirre3049 yes. This video is BS
Check your app permissions. I recently found out a bunch of my apps were accessing my microphone.
@@carmensmithaguirre3049 for this, maybe your friend googled it right after leaving. I read something that says that your recommended ads are sometimes based on searches made by people in your surrounding areas. So if your friend’s phone was near your phone, you now get ads for his/her interests since it’s likely you share some.
@@HyperWolf Huh. Never heard that one.
i always figured the air plane mode was a thing mostly pre 2010 simply cause that if theory a plane full assuming 1 phone for every seat COULD cause a minor issue but when it comes to fly its best to lean on caution ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is like having a tobacco rep saying that smoking is healthy
Appreciate your vote of confidence.... 🚬😮💨✌️
You get doctors and nurses that smoke giving you information on how to stop smoking 😂
Apple watch question, what about water with chlorine or water with epsom salt? Are these an issue for the interior coatings. Or does it depend on the model?
:55 that makes sense, isn’t that how they track gunshots?
can my phone cure my testicular cancer? 😅😂
Even when plugging iPhones or Android into USB cables, just because you don't see a popup doesn't mean they aren't doing something funky! It may be emulating a keyboard for a delayed attack, or even pretend to be a high speed ethernet connection, which means they can spy on all your phone's internet traffic.
My Pixel 7 is actually listening because it identifies a song without me pressing any button. You can disable it of course.
How this video doesn't have millions of views??!!!
When he said hey Siri my Siri popped up
Not me hissing at my phone trying to make Siri pop up
Excellent video. With regard to extending the battery life of your phone, it is still advisable to keep between 20-80% where possible. This exponentially increases the lifespan of the battery. Leaving at 0% or 100% for extended periods of time has the opposite effect, even allowing for the buffer that is hidden in phones and EVs 😎
Afak the 0-100% charge state your phone shows is actually 20-80% of your battery. For lithium batteries at least.
airplane mode may not be mandatory anymore in the EU, but wouldn't you drain your battery more because your phone could have some difficulties connecting to all the networks in a plane?
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I’m calling BS on it not listening to me. Too many times has a very specific word been “said only” and then a day later both Facebook and Amazon are giving me ads of that very thing. Way too often to be just a coincidence. Unless you have a better explanation of why that’s constantly happening
I just feel good whenever MythBusters are mentioned 🌟
The magsafe is a prototype- it got so hot it left brown burnt marks on the back of my case when i asked the guy about he said it happens sometimes
I still have problems with my right hand interfering with reception and with internet. I will gladly show you it happens.
0:38. WHOA
This has already been said but how are we supposed to take any of this as fact if he blatantly lies answering the first question?
He's not lying, that's how "Hey Siri" works...
I suddenly have a craving for apples after watching a totally not apple-related commercial I mean video.
"Former Apple Store tech and Smartphone Expert"...
Wait, he said Apple... Store Tech... Expert...
The same "Experts" at an "Apple Store", that lie to you that your iPhone can not be rapaired, or the repair would cost $2000, so you should buy a new one, and then you bring it to Louis Rossmann, and he repairs it for like $15... Well I definately would not believe a single word he says...
Just like with a lot of people these days, hence all of these "upgrades" they do with phones, websites, programming etc.
Liked that one.
does turning airplane mode on, then restarting, actually reset the apps? I have an Android made by T-mobile..
Didn't get to see what happened to those iPhones after they stayed in those different liquids 😭😭
Since the iPhone 8 Samsung have been supplying the screens
What about Amazon echo ?
and that's folks why i don't own a smart phone. i only own a cell phone for emergencies, no need for anything more than that. i don't take selfies where ever i go and i don't feel the need to take pictures of my food. since i don't do social media i also don't need to check my phone constantly to see if anyone liked my posts. who needs apps??? it's a very freeing and peaceful life, you should try it sometimes :-).
7:42 - I disagree here. Dark mode makes me strain my eyes more, trying to read light text on dark backgrounds. Dark text on lighter backgrounds is a lot easier on the eyes.
What's with the subtitles jumpscare in the beginning
immediately started off wrong -- it's been demonstrated time and time again that you can express interest in something in a conversation and within minutes you will start to see ads related to it. different phones do different things, but it is not just "no, it's only listening for the trigger sounds like hey siri"
Patently untrue. A green/orange privacy indicator appears any time the microphones/camera are active on an iPhone. (With the exception of the Always On Processor listening for HS)
Soon as he said that I tuned out
@@jbnelson which is exactly why i said "different phones do different things" because phone OS devs have started adding privacy features for it. even then, i tested it again *just now* on my iphone by talking about a very specific brand of food (that i have never expressed interest in before), with no orange indicator for mic usage, and got an ad for it an hour later on instagram. whether that's iOS or instagram listening, doesn't really matter -- i don't think there's any metadata- / flocking- / inference-based explanation for that level of accuracy
obviously that's an anecdote, but it's not like there's meaningful data publicly released for this type of thing. but it's something that everyone has had happen to them, and for it to be completely unmentioned in this video by some ex-apple worker who makes a point to say "apple's privacy policy is by far the safest and the clearest," it's hard to not be suspicious of that
@@jbnelson the issue is it's software controlled light
The only iPhone tech person that doesn’t tell me to turn it off and on.
Man it's going to be great when they finally just admit that our phones have totally been listening to us this entire time. The lie is just falling apart. Yeah okay, it's just listening for "one specific acoustic model" but also has the capability of instantaneously translating speech to text, interesting. "It doesn't do it unless you ask it to!" lol
Tf ur phone automatically does speech to text without ur permission?
@@gjl4101 Lol as if they actually care if permission is given
Why I press side button and volume didn't have "findable", "Medical ID", "Emergency Call" options? I'm iPhone SE 2.
Not upgaring to latest versiones of software if You have xiaomi
It may only be able to recognize “hey siri,” but the more advanced AI that your recorded conversations get sent to back at Apple HQ can recognize 1000s of languages and dialects.
I'm sure they use hot words to determine whether they wanna record you or not
Bonjour David Glitter!!
🥁
Paillette means glitter in French
“The battery would drain very quickly” anyone have an iPhone with a battery that last very long?
IP69. Nice.