Lesson 1002 of 1234
What AI Apps Quietly Collect About You
Free apps are usually not really free. Often, you pay with information about yourself.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2data
- 3privacy
- 4trade-off
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Section 1
The big idea
Many AI apps save what you type, what you watch, where you tap, and even how long you pause. They use it to make money — usually through ads.
Some examples
- An app saves every chat you have, even ones you 'deleted'
- It notices which photos you stop on and which you scroll past
- It tracks how long you spend on each post
- It might know roughly where you live just from your phone
Try it!
Pick one app on your phone. With a parent, look at what it knows about you in its settings.
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