Advertiser’s are actually selling services where they say they actively listen in on conversations via mic’s
So, have you ever thought your devices were listening to what you were saying, and then ads for that thing would show up...and all the pundits kept telling us it was coincidence and we were just seeing patterns because people seek patterns? Yeah...naw. @404mediaco@mastodon.social in their...
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Final article they link to is paywalled but you can get around it, will post the free link when I can.
Last year, my wife and I were chatting in a resturant about a friend who had visited Japan and how if we did that length of travel we would prefer to go to New Zealand. My phone was on the table. A few hours later I was seeing adverts in Facebook for trips to Japan and New Zealand.