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> None of this improves my life. Now you'll get some ads that recommender systems think they should show you, based on your shopping experience at CVS, that co
by heavyset_go 3y ago
> None of this improves my life.
Now you'll get some ads that recommender systems think they should show you, based on your shopping experience at CVS, that could be potentially embarrassing if you have anyone over, or have someone else using your devices.
I was able to guess a family member's previously private medical condition based on the ads they got while I was at their place.
- draugadrotten 3y agoYou know, I hate privacy-intrusive ads...but if a business would present me with an honest option to click on - "Show me your best guess what you think I want to buy!" - I would enjoy clicking on it. When I want. Because I do want to shop, and I do want to buy. I just hate being monitored in secret and nudged in secret to influence my behaviour against my own will. Let me shop - be transparent about your AI recommendations, and I might even buy the suggestion. Just stay away from the shady stuff.
- ianlevesque 3y agoAnd you validated this with them? Deity help whoever tries to diagnose me based on my ads.
- heavyset_go 3y agoYes, we're on good terms, know each others' medical history and it was recognized that there was no malice in asking "is there a reason I keep seeing ads for X?" where X is a medication for some condition that's more innocuous than asthma.