| Proof our phone listen to us 10:20 - Sep 25 with 1875 views | giant_stow |
I had a chat in a pub on Saturday about a niche puff product* where we went in to a lot of detail on how it works and a third party's experience of the ease of getting it.
Today I get adverts on Facebook for this product. I did no searching for it at all - the ad could only have come from the chat.
Old news in a way, but I'm now a believer - watch what you talk about near phones people.
*I don't want to reward the intrusion by using possible keywords or pointing anyone to this products' existence [Post edited 25 Sep 10:21]
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:25 - Sep 25 with 1523 views | Meadowlark |
Yes, I was talking to a mate about floor panels the other day. Next day my phone is inundated with adverts for them.  |  | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:29 - Sep 25 with 1479 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:25 - Sep 25 by Meadowlark |
Yes, I was talking to a mate about floor panels the other day. Next day my phone is inundated with adverts for them. |
I thought this was conspiracy theory bollox, but now...
The absolute tossers. | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:35 - Sep 25 with 1423 views | giant_stow |
I won;t have one of those in the house.
Edit: but i have a phone! Sh1t.... [Post edited 25 Sep 10:36]
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:39 - Sep 25 with 1389 views | Aero |
Do you have anything like 'Siri' activated on your phone?
If so, there will be a way to turn that off. |  | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:45 - Sep 25 with 1360 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:39 - Sep 25 by Aero |
Do you have anything like 'Siri' activated on your phone?
If so, there will be a way to turn that off. |
No, never used anything like that as I'm scared of it for this reason. | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:48 - Sep 25 with 1331 views | Zx1988 |
It's scary how Big Tech has changed its position over the years as well.
I remember when it was first a thing, that the tech companies swore blind that they were doing nothing of the sort, and that people were just hyper-sensitive to noticing things that they'd recently been talking about.
Now the stance is a collective shrug, followed by "well, duh. What are you going to do about it?" |  |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:51 - Sep 25 with 1323 views | leitrimblue |
I find talk of a niche puff product intriguing. . 
Though the rest of the post is slightly more alarming |  | | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:56 - Sep 25 with 1288 views | RonFearonsHair |
Is it possible that your mate searched for it and Facebook was able to identify that you were in close proximity recently? |  | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:56 - Sep 25 with 1286 views | J2BLUE |
Well they had the ability to read our texts ages ago so this is the next step.
I remember when I got a text saying 'fancy a coffee?' and on my lock screen it has directions to the nearest Costa. |  |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:02 - Sep 25 with 1224 views | blueasfook |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:35 - Sep 25 by giant_stow |
I won;t have one of those in the house.
Edit: but i have a phone! Sh1t.... [Post edited 25 Sep 10:36]
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Do you get ads for turnips and tractors? |  |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:02 - Sep 25 with 1208 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 10:56 - Sep 25 by RonFearonsHair |
Is it possible that your mate searched for it and Facebook was able to identify that you were in close proximity recently? |
I doubt it as my mate's not a puffer - he was telling me about a friend. | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:03 - Sep 25 with 1198 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:02 - Sep 25 by blueasfook |
Do you get ads for turnips and tractors? |
sugar beet (get it right!) | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:04 - Sep 25 with 1184 views | Ryorry |
“Change your voicemail settings” -
Said Nick Davies, the Guardian investigative journalist who broke the story of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
(See the ITV drama ‘The Hack’, which started last night). |  |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:05 - Sep 25 with 1161 views | Cafe_Newman |
I thought this was all supposed to be conspiracy nonsense.
Anyway, it's all pretty harmless; It's only being used to sell us stuff and actually it's been around for yonks, so there's absolutely nothing to worry about.
In tomorrow's news: Chemtrails are real. |  | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:13 - Sep 25 with 1105 views | Chris_ITFC |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:05 - Sep 25 by Cafe_Newman |
I thought this was all supposed to be conspiracy nonsense.
Anyway, it's all pretty harmless; It's only being used to sell us stuff and actually it's been around for yonks, so there's absolutely nothing to worry about.
In tomorrow's news: Chemtrails are real. |
It is. It’s confirmation bias personified. |  |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:23 - Sep 25 with 1045 views | NthQldITFC |
If we believe that the persons behind corporations, particularly big corporations, follow rules and laws rather than doing what they want to get a commercial advantage and then dealing with weak to non-existent, drawn out and non-personal consequences of litigation later on, we're doing ourselves a massive disservice.
Rampant consumerism and aggressive capitalism is killing our planet and treating ordinary people as fodder - and doing it all in plain sight while we try to pretend it's not happening to us.
I don't know what the alternative is once the genie is out of the bottle with tech and so-called progress, but the outcome on a finite and dying planet is fkn grim. We'd all do better to actually face that scary reality openly, rather than pretending it's not going on, and decide whether we want to accept it or not.
The first thing to realise is that health and happiness are the only true and meaningful currencies of wealth, not dollars, stuff and that appalling cold war metric called GDP. |  |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:23 - Sep 25 with 1047 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:13 - Sep 25 by Chris_ITFC |
It is. It’s confirmation bias personified. |
Maybe you're right
Its just that this was so specific (precisely) and for obviously reasons, I don't search for this stuff (I know the kids do it all on Instagram and Telegam these days, but I'm too old for that).
So either a random, one in a million lucky guess by Facebook or it's true, the phone heard me. [Post edited 25 Sep 11:33]
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:28 - Sep 25 with 1016 views | leitrimblue |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:05 - Sep 25 by Cafe_Newman |
I thought this was all supposed to be conspiracy nonsense.
Anyway, it's all pretty harmless; It's only being used to sell us stuff and actually it's been around for yonks, so there's absolutely nothing to worry about.
In tomorrow's news: Chemtrails are real. |
You laugh about chemtrails but I tripped over a discarded layline yesterday | | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:40 - Sep 25 with 931 views | EuanTown |
And what makes me laugh is, people are concerned about ID cards and the government, when they should be concerned about tech firms and social media. |  | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:48 - Sep 25 with 867 views | Ryorry |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:23 - Sep 25 by giant_stow |
Maybe you're right
Its just that this was so specific (precisely) and for obviously reasons, I don't search for this stuff (I know the kids do it all on Instagram and Telegam these days, but I'm too old for that).
So either a random, one in a million lucky guess by Facebook or it's true, the phone heard me. [Post edited 25 Sep 11:33]
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See SomethingBlue’s recent post re the hideous platform that is facebook. It’s particularly dangerous because it’s used by innocents, including families, for sharing their photos, events, relationships and reunions etc., without any idea of the extent and how their personal info is being mined, manipulated, abused, stolen. | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:55 - Sep 25 with 820 views | RonFearonsHair |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:23 - Sep 25 by giant_stow |
Maybe you're right
Its just that this was so specific (precisely) and for obviously reasons, I don't search for this stuff (I know the kids do it all on Instagram and Telegam these days, but I'm too old for that).
So either a random, one in a million lucky guess by Facebook or it's true, the phone heard me. [Post edited 25 Sep 11:33]
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I still think it's more likely that the other guy bought or searched for the product and Facebook linked him to your mate through their interactions, then your proximity with your mate was logged and you were 'profiled' as potentially sharing a common interest.
The sheer amount of energy, storage and processing power required to constantly record and analyse every single person's voice conversations make it extremely unlikely for that to be the reason, in my opinion. | | | |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:56 - Sep 25 with 809 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:48 - Sep 25 by Ryorry |
See SomethingBlue’s recent post re the hideous platform that is facebook. It’s particularly dangerous because it’s used by innocents, including families, for sharing their photos, events, relationships and reunions etc., without any idea of the extent and how their personal info is being mined, manipulated, abused, stolen. |
Thanks - I'll go have a look.
I've got into Facebook recently as it doesn;t serve me up murders and beatings like Twitter - just nice safe comforting stuff like how to build a log cabin in the wilderness with nothing but a corkscrew.
Maybe Facebook is better at reading people. | |
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| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:57 - Sep 25 with 798 views | giant_stow |
| Proof our phone listen to us on 11:55 - Sep 25 by RonFearonsHair |
I still think it's more likely that the other guy bought or searched for the product and Facebook linked him to your mate through their interactions, then your proximity with your mate was logged and you were 'profiled' as potentially sharing a common interest.
The sheer amount of energy, storage and processing power required to constantly record and analyse every single person's voice conversations make it extremely unlikely for that to be the reason, in my opinion. |
That's fair - could be a chain there. | |
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