To test if your phone is listening to your conversations, start by openly discussing a unique topic that you’ve never searched for or discussed previously while your phone is turned on next to you.

Let me stop you there. What about your TV, Internet-connected fridge, your Alexa device, your baby monitor, your security cameras, your voice-enabled fitness tracker, etc… ? Those could also all be listening to you. You’d never know which device is the real spy, so assume they all are.