> Neither of my Subaru's is transmitting anything to anywhere
How do you know that? There's a 5G modem.
How do you know that? There's a 5G modem.
Ditto (eventually) for several other spy agencies around the world.
Given Apple's and Google's emphasis on security, I'm doubtful the same is happening for phones... but with targeted use of zero-days (assuming the right ones exist) it's at least possible in theory.
Or, you know, your telco provider, who then bundles and sells such data in aggregation to third party services. They've been caught doing it with location services over and over; it wouldn't take much for them to include audio recordings, as long as they have their terms & conditions sorted out