#microphones — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #microphones, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117242363654801025
Not only that.
These microphones can pick up extremely far away noise, including voices.
They are literally permanent surveillance systems that can be abused and will be abused as history has shown over and over.One more reason for forbidding any electronic devices during school hours.
"Yes... but my kids needs them, to reach me, to take pics of the board, to ..." - somebody
If your kids need electronic devices at shcool, those should be provided by the school in a learning context. BYOD (bring your own device) should never apply for learning environments.
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Victory! #Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human #Voices
Reversing course, #FlockSafety —the #surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated #licensePlate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic #gunshot detection devicesto identify signs of “human distress.”
In October 2025, @eff warned the public that Flock was rolling out a new feature called “#DistressDetection ” that would be deployed through their acoustic gunshot detection devices (formerly known as #FlockRaven , now called #AudioDetection ). This feature purported to use high-powered #microphones scattered throughout a city to search for sounds of human distress, with original advertisements from the product indicating it would search for “#screaming.” (Since the publication of our original blog post, Flock quietly amended the ad on this webpage to say “distress” instead of “screaming.”)
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The Listener Will See You Now
Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-listener-will-see-you-now/