bkmk
“Have you ever just had a family dinner conversation over a group holiday or spoken with friends about going to Ibiza to party, and minutes later, relevant ads appear on Facebook or other applications or websites? “
Why, no. Never.
Maybe would have if I went to social masturbation websites.
Meh.
Or you can buy a flip phone with no GPS chip and leave it off until you need to make a call.
I’m old enough to have survived most of my adult life without a smart phone. They are nothing but a massive time sink, just like TeeVee.
…it comes in quite handy for the wife and I…
…when we’re sitting on the front porch in the morning…
…sipping our coffee and watching the wildlife…
…we occasionally ask the other if they remember the conversation we were having the night before…
…if we can’t remember…
…we just open Facebook and read the adds…
I want my cut of the money these devices are making off of my data.
“Modern vehicles generate around 25 gigabytes of data every hour! Autonomous cars will generate even more – up to 3,600 gigabytes of data per hour.”
That means vehicles collect data on how you drive, how hard you brake, how heavy your foot is on the gas pedal, how fast you turn corners, and even what you eat, drink, and more.
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I am more determined than ever to buy a late ‘60s muscle car with none of those electronics and do a restomod for the handling and power. Oh, for a return to the days when you actually had some modest amount of privacy..
As an aside, it horrifies me to know that these devices are listening when I am alone in the bedroom with my wife. I am definitely turning off the listening functions of my phone.
Bump for reference.
You can’t stop it, the camera either. The settings might make you think you shut them off but they are always still on if they want to use them.
BFL
This is especially true if that equipment has no microphone or any sort of radio.
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
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.
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.
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.
I asked my wife why she was whispering? She said, “because she didn’t want Mark Zuckerberg to hear what she was saying.” I started to laugh, and then so did she. Then Siri started laughing followed by Alexa. Even the Tesla in the driveway started laughing.
I am browsing the internet and see ads and or suggestions of videos on my TV> Roku device watching Youtube which is owned by Google. I am not signed into Google yet Youtube is showing suggestions on another device what they have seen me browsing.
I have a LG tv that is 10 years old and has no camera or microphone. I do not have a internet cable plugged direct into the tv. I do have a Roku box plugged into it with a hdmi cable and the Roku box has a cat5 cable that leads to my cable tv router for the internet.
Talking on my android phone I will see a minute later ads on the tv> roku> youtube for something I said or the other person said during our conversation.
Your new cars are tracking you. The security cameras are as well up and down the streets. The police can access any and the tow trucks have license plate readers and can help the police find the stolen car. Or just follow you around. There are stories of police tracking a fellow woman officer and when she found out she won a big settlement.
This is wiretapping and big brother and needs to be stopped.