Posted on 05/14/2025 11:14:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
There it is. Google talks to itself.
I only go on Facebook and X on my smart phone.
My WORK computer blocks social media sites like Facebook.
BFL
This is especially true if that equipment has no microphone or any sort of radio.
What I do is select a product, such as mouthwash, and then say something like “oh, I’m out of mouthwash” around Alexa or another electronic device. Then the next day at work I look for the mouthwash ads. They’re always there matching whatever product I mentioned.
That is nothing. My Smart toilet ordered a case of Prune Juice from Amazon for me.
The software from Google prompts you to ask if you want to sync your devices which is cute because they're already synced - you just don't see it until you click "yes".
My neighbor's ordered condoms sized for the mailman.
I have never seen that occur in my household.
If you have Alexa, you have your spy.
My phone is off 99 percent of time...but I still get ads that pertain to things i have looked up on Net/or ordered off Amazon. Often wondered about these coincidences
My wife does. She has it on her laptop, too. I won’t go near Facebook with a ten foot pole. I keep up wiyh my kids on Instagram- I know, it’s almost as bad, but I won’t use Facebook. Don’t need it. FreeRepublic is my primary link to all that’s important.
If my phone is left at home, I don’t see how they check on my driving. If it is shut off, how do they check on anything? I still get all the telemarketing crap- when it’s on part of the time or it would be no use whatsoever.
Faraday bag
That keeps you from receiving or making calls. You can accomplish the same thing by simply turning the phone off.
“You can accomplish the same thing by simply turning your phone off.”
Unfortunately that is incorrect. Your phone is tracked by towers 24/7/365 unless shielded.
That is why FedGov mandated it.
J6 victims 100% tracked with phone on or off.
That is not true unless the phone specifically has an app that remains in communication with the tower when the phone only appears to be off. Apple does stuff like that with “Find my phone”. But even that can be turned off in the settings. If the phone is not communicating with the tower then it cannot be tracked.
One thing to check is if your charge percentage decreases even when you think the phone was off. So you shut the phone off with 83% and you turn it back on a week later then it should still be 83% or very close. As any battery may not be perfect at holding a charge. If it is at 75% or less then I would be very suspicious.
Cell phones have been listening for years.
My sister and I left the hospital after visiting my brother. Driving home, she realized she had left her Yeti water bottle in his room. I asked if she wanted to go back and get it. She said no.
We got to our homes, turned on our PCs, and we both had ads pop up for water bottles.
The phone is always trying to connect with a tower.
I was at a friends house and we are both shooters. We were discussion a particular weapon, a 9mm. As I was leaving he ran up to me and said, “you are not going to believe this.” He showed me an add that came to his cell phone about the exact same weapon we were discussing.
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