Posted on 03/22/2019 12:34:25 PM PDT by Twotone
HAVE you ever been talking about a pair of trainers or holiday destination, and then suddenly seen an advert for that precise thing pop up on social media?
Us too. As incredible as it sounds, it might be because our phones are secretly spying on us.
It's a question I've been asking for a while after seeing adverts for things I've been talking about - but not searching - popping up on my phone.
While we are all used to targeted ads - seeing pictures of things we've just searched for appearing in ad spaces on the websites we visit after - many people think advertisers and phone companies are taking this one step further.
If voice recognition apps like Siri and Bixby are always listening for commands, is it really beyond the realm of possibility that they are also sending ads our way based on what we're talking about?
While tech giants including Facebook and Apple vehemently deny they are using phones to listen into customers' conversations and then sell the data onto advertisers, I wasn't so sure I believed them.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Not robots, gnomes. They are stealing your underwear...............
I went to a car dealership in the neighboring county and when I got home and got on the internet there were advertisements for the car dealership that I visited. Just last week I was in another town and went to a Goodwill store, the advert for the first YouTube I watched was for Goodwill. So, yes, they are listening.
THAT’S why my cellphone no longer sings “Daisy”!
OK, I’m going out for a space trip - without my helmet.
What could go wrong. Wait, I got back and then did this.
1) Steal underwear
2) ???
3) Profit!!
You can’t turn it off. The new phones do not have removable batteries, and are never really “Off”. You only turn off your side of it. The phone still merrily listens, and communicates its location and is still fully capable of being turned on remotely
I use my phone for a phone about 1% of the time. It is my mobile computer. I just ordered some dog food on it. Take that, phone spies
And to slow your phone so you have to buy another.
United Airlines may steal your luggage if you fly Economy.
It really *is* 1984.
You know those HS yearbooks, fraternity parties, company picnics, and so much more...?
It’s all in there. History comes alive.
My opt out setting has remained unaltered through any number of updates.
I believe it. OR the socks are planning an escape. They plan it, in the hamper, the night before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-VPcEZFEk
Reset your Advertisement ID .....................
Sit down with a friend with your phones between you and agree beforehand to talk about a product.
If it's true your phone is listening product placement should appear on your phone.
They don’t steal it.
They send it to Bangladesh................
“How can your phone know when you say “Hey Google” if its not listening for it all the time?”
My wife has arthritis in her hands, so she uses “Hey Google” all the time. So I kid her about this all the time.
Recently, I was Googling something else, and sudden the screen showed a college dance team. This was on my Chromebook.
It was the team that a younger relative is on, and there were group pictures of she and her team that I had never addressed on a smart phone, tablet or Chromebook.
We printed out some copies and sent the link to her parents, who had never seen the pics before.
lol
They sent mine to their warehouse for sale in their annual lost luggage auction.
yep
Nully has a great pic
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