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...They don't even need to hash content. Advertisers can just add ultrasound beacons to the audio track.

Imperceptible to human hearing, but readily picked up by a listening mic. In fact, there are static analysis tools for picking out apps that access such API's in FDroid, along with taking measures to feed said apps dummy data. At least for Android anyway.



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