I swear something is listening to me. And I don’t have Amazon or Alexa. Maybe it’s my phone.
But I was just discussing something the other day and sure enough I started seeing commercials for it.
My car assumes where I am going in the morning!
I was going to buy something on line the other day, and for no particular reason the first thing I filled in was my state.
Immediately a card popped up with my full name, address, and phone number on it. Remember, I had only entered my state.
Your phone is listening to you.
Every supplier and app.
Your TV remote or any smart remote in your house. Do any of the kids have TicTok installed? Good luck with that.
“I swear something is listening to me. And I don’t have Amazon or Alexa. Maybe it’s my phone.”
That’s been going on for about 10 years — that we know of. Your PC, your cell phone, your smart TV, and all those other gizmos that I don’t have or understand. IIRC, smart TVs and PC webcams can watch, so cover your camera lenses.
Years ago a FReeper posted that he was in his home office with no cell phone or TV in the room. He was speaking to his brother on his landline about an upcoming fishing or hunting trip. Ten minutes later, ads relative to the trip started showing up on his screen.
That first happened to me a few years back. I had a friend over to grill some steaks and I was telling him about some thoughts I had for a fence to section off sections of my yard.
That evening I got online and ads started popping up from Home Depot with "fencing solutions."
It creeped me out, and still does.
It’s your PC.
You can disable your microphone, but then you can’t do group meetings on Teams, etc., which is a problem if you have to work from home occasionally.
https://www.maketecheasier.com/deactivate-microphone-windows10/
https://windowsloop.com/enable-or-disable-microphone-windows-10/
Do you have a fairly new LG refrigerator?
Had that same creepy thing happen several times. Makes sense they would use it to spy. It’s probably the only thing that everyone always has with them everywhere. I hate these gadgets and I hate that they have become practically indispensible.