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I am beyond convinced that our phones are hot mics to the point that my wife and I make a conscious effort to move our phones to another room when we have conve
by bequanna 5y ago
I am beyond convinced that our phones are hot mics to the point that my wife and I make a conscious effort to move our phones to another room when we have conversations.
There have been far too many “anecdotal” examples of me mentioning some thing/product out loud, never searching for anything related to it and then seeing ads for it over the next few days.
I resisted the conspiracy theory type explanation but it just occurs too often to be some sort of Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago> It happens far too often to be some sort of Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (or whatever). Hmmm... is awareness of the Baader-Meinhof phenomena leading to an increase in its own phenomena because one actively tries to disprove it by deliberately noticing an even greater frequency due to their own awareness of it?
- vmception 5y agoOr it’s not that simple and that explanation is only a component of reality, and not the complete reality Lets stop giving these apps a pass. We already know some abuse privileged signing keys to access permissions without asking or a permission is used for other things like third party packages
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoI wasn't saying that the problem they were having was real or not, I don't have the knowledge for that, I was simply wondering if the vigilance from an awareness of and a desire to disprove the phenemona exacerbates it.