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And we know they pop on the mic. Too many times have I seen advertisements based on subjects only spoken, not searched for on any device.
by xellisx 9y ago
And we know they pop on the mic. Too many times have I seen advertisements based on subjects only spoken, not searched for on any device.
- nkoren 9y agoThis is happening to me with insane regularity, although I usually notice it in Google searches rather than on Facebook. Recently I met a gentleman for the first time, who told me that he ran an planning / design industry webinar series called the "Performance Network". I'd never heard of this so he suggested I Google for it. I got as far as typing "perf" on my phone before that's what the autocomplete suggested. Freaked the hell out of both of us. This kind of thing is now happening a few times per week. Are there any non-eavesdropping explanations for how this is possible?
- dwiel 9y agoMaybe through gps tracking and seeing that you two were near to eachother?
- tekromancr 9y agoThere was a great Reply All episode about this just last week. It's about facebook, but a lot of the points would apply to google. https://gimletmedia.com/episode/109-facebook-spying/ https://gimletmedia.com/episode/109-facebook-spying/ Short answer, no, they probably aren't listening. But they know enough other information about you that they don't need to.
- njarboe 9y agoI'm not sure what would disturb me more. Knowing they sometimes use the mic to listen to me talking (this I could prevent but not having my phone around) or that they already know so much about me that my conversations add little information to what they know about me.
- xellisx 9y agoWell, I can say that my experience and my g/f too, have been from conversations we've had at the house we live in and it's usually something random.
- strathmeyer 9y agoIf you could show it to others you'd become rich and famous.