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If they do listen and present you ads based on your conversation, can't you fool it (and test it) by talking about (let's say) buying new running shoes? Shouldn
by submeta 9y ago
If they do listen and present you ads based on your conversation, can't you fool it (and test it) by talking about (let's say) buying new running shoes? Shouldn't you observe ads about running shoes?
Edit: added missing word
- comboy 9y agoThere are some videos of people who did exactly that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=U0SOxb_Lfps https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=U0SOxb_Lfps
- submeta 9y agoWhoa, pretty creepy indeed
- mikeash 9y agoI thought iPhone apps couldn’t silently listen to the microphone.
- ggreer 9y agoThat's correct. Apps must request access to the microphone, and iOS shows an indicator while the app is recording. This is pure confirmation bias. If someone tests this and doesn't get a relevant ad from Facebook, they won't upload a video or tell their friends. Note that even in this confirming case, it took two days before the guy saw a cat food ad. We don't know how many other ads he scrolled by before that one.