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I have an acquaintance who is convinced that Google ads stalk him because the ads make inferences yet shouldn't be able to, like offering flight prices from one
by shadowgovt 3y ago
I have an acquaintance who is convinced that Google ads stalk him because the ads make inferences yet shouldn't be able to, like offering flight prices from one city to another he frequents when he's never done that search in Google before.
I've tried to explain to him that people aren't actually very unique in large models, and there's probably several signals Google does have from his other searches to conclude he's interested in those two cities.
- jedberg 3y agoDoes he use Gmail? Because it gets all of his flight confirmations and Calendar events. Does he use Google Maps, because it gets his realtime location whenever he uses it. If he frequently goes to those cities, they would certainly know if he uses any other Google service.