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I think some of it is surveillance related. I don't know how many times I've heard someone say, "I said something out loud, and an hour later I got an ad for i
by sb057 7y ago
I think some of it is surveillance related. I don't know how many times I've heard someone say, "I said something out loud, and an hour later I got an ad for it! My phone must be listening to me."
- Boebo 7y agoSo, i've talked with my dad about how i would need a credit to start-up some business if i would do it. We talked in a small garden, no wifi/pc there just my phone. Never searched online for a credit or whatever, nothing concrete it was just something that came up once in a conversation with my dad. Three days later i received a letter from my local banking center offering a personal talk about getting a credit to start-up businesses, handsigned. Never got such a letter before. Sure could be coincidence but im not quite sure there.
- Chris_Chambers 7y agoYour dad contacted the bank and told them to send you that.
- cgriswald 7y agoI had the reverse of that happen to me today. My iPhone gave me an ETA and suggested route for a place I hadn’t heard of. Three hours later I found myself there for an event after getting free tickets from a friend. Turned out my girlfriend had put the event on our shared calendar because she was interested in it which I suppose is where the suggestion came from.
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoYes but the real question is what got her interested in it.
- cgriswald 7y agoNot much of a mystery for me. It involved dogs.
- BurningFrog 7y agoThat has always happened. People have thought their prayers were answered, for example. I think it says something about human understanding of causality and our place in the world. Not technology.
- msbarnett 7y agoThat’s more a variant of the Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon (frequency illusion) than “surveillance”