“What are the odds?”
My sister and I were sitting on a bench outside of a surgery center waiting for my brother to be discharged.
About halfway way home, Sis said, “Oh, I forgot my water bottle on the bench.” She said she didn’t want to bother going back for it.
About a half hour later, she was getting ads on her cell phone AND her PC (????) for water bottles.
I forgot to add that I ALSO was getting water bottle ads. So I guess the mics at least can’t identify or distinguish voices. Yet.
A few years ago my wife and I were driving to town. Her cell phone was turned on but not in use. Among other things, we were talking about getting some outdoor furniture, and I happened to mention that Adirondack chairs were more comfortable than they looked. I hadn’t even thought about Adirondack chairs for years, and that was all I said about them. Didn’t want any, no plans to buy any. For the next month, we were getting email ads from Wayfair and others about, yep, Adirondack chairs.
I do have an old flip phone, but it spends about 99% of its time powered off in a desk drawer. I get spied on enough as it is, no need to help out.