Sometimes my friends notice when, after they have been talking about something they will see an ad for it.
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Sometimes my friends notice when, after they have been talking about something they will see an ad for it.
"my phone is spying on me!"
I used to think this was unlikely. I'd go into "while that is possible it's not reasonable..." mode.
Not so much anymore. It does seem feasible now. And I think it might be a fruitful area for privacy advocates to focus on since this *really* creeps people out.
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Sometimes my friends notice when, after they have been talking about something they will see an ad for it.
"my phone is spying on me!"
I used to think this was unlikely. I'd go into "while that is possible it's not reasonable..." mode.
Not so much anymore. It does seem feasible now. And I think it might be a fruitful area for privacy advocates to focus on since this *really* creeps people out.
@futurebird It's probably search history, not mic. Firefox with uBlock cuts most tracking.
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@futurebird It's probably search history, not mic. Firefox with uBlock cuts most tracking.
They swear up and down they didn't type anything into search, or view any webpages that would drop the hint.
To me spying on search and other sources is almost as bad, but the "my phone is listening to my conversation and showing me ads" thing keeps coming up.
If it's not happening it seems like it is.
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Sometimes my friends notice when, after they have been talking about something they will see an ad for it.
"my phone is spying on me!"
I used to think this was unlikely. I'd go into "while that is possible it's not reasonable..." mode.
Not so much anymore. It does seem feasible now. And I think it might be a fruitful area for privacy advocates to focus on since this *really* creeps people out.
@futurebird sometimes I think about something and then notice an ad for it shortly after
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@futurebird sometimes I think about something and then notice an ad for it shortly after
This may play a big role in why people *feel* like this is happening.
