They’re Listening

[charnicus]

Hardly thread worthy as I’m sure this is old news but was in the mood to share:

Discussing with a coworker about area rugs and where to buy. Not for me but that’s beside the point. He mentioned Wayfair and I hadn’t heard of it. Scrolling through Instagram a few minutes ago and see this...

 

[lash]

It happens all of the time. Was discussing chicken coops with my neighbor. Next day got ads for chicken coops on my phone.

You ever see minority report?

 

[charnicus]

I guess I shouldn’t be all too surprised about it. Even being a millennial it’s mind blowing to me the current status of things. To think, this is all someone not much younger than me knows.

I haven’t but I’m getting the feeling I need to watch that one tonight?

 

[theLBC]

don't mention a new mattress unless you want casper and purple commercials before every video.

oh, dammit!

 

[rangerlong]

I turned off dictation and siri on my phone and it cut way down on that crap. Now the ads I see just reflect my browsing history. It's not all that hard to fool them either. When my sister had my niece I researched car seats and bought one for my mom. For months both amazon and google thought I was a pregnant woman.

 

[clcustom1911]

Turn off all voice activated features like "Siri" and "OK Google" voice activated commands.

They are always listening, period.

 

[StrayDog]

Shhhh!!!
But yeah, fuckers are insidious.
The algorithms will likely only get more intrusive.
But will we stop using these phones?

 

[charnicus]

Good suggestions on turning off Siri and the like. I probably should’ve been smart enough to figure that one out... haha Siri does some scary shit sometimes yet I can yell at her and she won’t hear me.

Phones are too badass now to go backwards.

 

[lash]

I don’t activate either Siri or other voice activated apps on my phone. You think it matters but you’re only fooling yourself.

 

[MadDuner]

Last week I did a search for razor wire. I need to make life a little more difficult for opportunists.
I’ll be damned if the very first link that popped up to sell me some wasn’t Wayfair! LOL

 

[Shootin Stuff]

If you think that’s scary then get ready to flip the fuck out. If the phone is listening do you really think the camera ISN’T watching?

 

[charnicus]

I’ve always wondered that... Especially the computer.

 

[Dta1]

If you haven’t seen it, “The Great Hack” on Netflix demonstrates a lot of how this works and how it was implemented during the last election. I’m no expert, can’t say how true the documentary is, but very interesting none the less.

 

[deersniper]

The apps you download do that.

StrelokPro is the only app worth downloading

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Sometimes I'll speak to the woman in Spanish. Then I'll show her all the advertisement in Spanish.
I laughed, she laughed and both of our phones giggled with a little vibration

 

[charnicus]

Haven’t seen that documentary but only snippets about Facebook forcing political bias. I’d buy that for sure. There are seeds everywhere on social media.

 

[Dta1]

Haven’t seen that documentary but only snippets about Facebook forcing political bias. I’d buy that for sure. There are seeds everywhere on social media.

It’s really a trip, they take every data point that they can collect from you in order to decide what content to push to your device. Everything that shows up on your phone is strategic... apparently

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Ad blocker and some aps
help

It’s really a trip, they take every data point that they can collect from you in order to decide what content to push to your device. Everything that shows up on your phone is strategic... apparently

 

[Heretoimproveforhunting]

the new smart tv's never completely power off. i bought a new samsung at the start of covid and noticed the disclosure in the fine print. always on, always accessible if you have it linked to your internet

 

[Dta1]

the new smart tv's never completely power off. i bought a new samsung at the start of covid and noticed the disclosure in the fine print. always on, always accessible if you have it linked to your internet

Yeah, our household is doomed. We have google home, smart TVs, smart phones, kids all have kindles. There’s no secrets here. Good thing we don’t own or talk about guns and stuff like that.

 

[MadDuner]

My wife knew I was shopping for another bullet proof vest because her iPad kept having ads for them come up.....

And of course she continually gets ads for Optics. Whoops! My bad!

I need to start searching for midget gay porn and really freak her out! LOL

 

[charnicus]

It’s really a trip, they take every data point that they can collect from you in order to decide what content to push to your device. Everything that shows up on your phone is strategic... apparently

Well that’s two items on my watch list for sure. Amazon always knows when you’re about to run out of something. Ding ding looking for this?

 

[sea2summit]

I just loop a porn in the background, keep them guessing.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I guess I shouldn’t be all too surprised about it. Even being a millennial it’s mind blowing to me the current status of things. To think, this is all someone not much younger than me knows.

I haven’t but I’m getting the feeling I need to watch that one tonight?

Watch "enemy of the state" with Will Smith and Gene Hackman too.

 

[charnicus]

Watch "enemy of the state" with Will Smith and Gene Hackman too.

Saturday’s time in the room is going to be lit.

 

[Carlos Danger]

I like when my wife leaves her phone lying around. I stand over it and repeat "12 inch dildo" over and over again.

 

[OldSalty]

Turn off all voice activated features like "Siri" and "OK Google" voice activated commands.

Sorry brother, that doesnt really help...

 

[clcustom1911]

Sorry brother, that doesnt really help...

Its how I sleep better at night. LOL

 

[OldSalty]

Its how I sleep better at night. LOL

I hear you (not literally), or...

 

[clcustom1911]

I hear you (not literally), or...

I dislike you greatly.

 

[charnicus]

Its how I sleep better at night. LOL

I went and did it after you said it. I’ll probably sleep better haha.

 

[MCHOG]

At my house, we decided to test this out. We picked two random things to talk about that neither of us had previously discussed, searched for, needed, etc.: ingrown toenails and graphing calculators. Don't ask how we cam up with those. Sure as shit, the next day an advertisement on Facebook showed up (not sure if it was Amazon, Wafair, or some other seller) for a mechanical ingrown toe nail corrector. (Side note: Google that nasty medieval looking device. I still can't believe it is a thing that exists.). She got an ad for a graphing calculator.

 

[hlee]

The only adds I get on my facebook feed are for guns and gun stuff. Now, that's irony...

 

[rtB]

Never use facefuck. Never. Disable it if it's on your phone. Disable Google apps if using Android. Use brave browser on phone, adblock plus on computer browser. Put a small piece of tape over computer/laptop camera. Get a Faraday bag for phone. Keep phone in it unless YOU need to use your phone.

And btw, this is why they don't sell phones with removable batteries anymore. Everything is always on. You just think you turned your phone off.

 

[softcock]

Turn off all voice activated features like "Siri" and "OK Google" voice activated commands.

They are always listening, period.

-
even if Never open your cell phones up to the internet service ? .
.

 

[hlee]

More convenient just to hide under my bed...

 

[acudaowner]

And to think credit card companies were selling your private information to who ever was willing to pay for it years and years before the internet was even around gathering information on you like where you work how much you make per year , you and your family shopping history , if your are married or not ,your wife's information , kids where they go to school , doctors and dentists how often you visit relatives and there information ss numbers house values car and property vacations if you take them and to where , you name it they knew it and sold it and there still is no regulations on who they can and can't sell your information to..

 

[Shootin Stuff]

Never use facefuck. Never. Disable it if it's on your phone. Disable Google apps if using Android. Use brave browser on phone, adblock plus on computer browser. Put a small piece of tape over computer/laptop camera. Get a Faraday bag for phone. Keep phone in it unless YOU need to use your phone.

And btw, this is why they don't sell phones with removable batteries anymore. Everything is always on. You just think you turned your phone off.

Removable battery played a big part in me going to back to an oldschool “dumb” phone. It’s the only way to be sure (or as sure as you can be), shame they are switching off the towers it uses in 2022 though.......

 

[Maser]

Apparently I must be a fat fuck because all I seem to get is fast food ads.

 

[charnicus]

And to think credit card companies were selling your private information to who ever was willing to pay for it years and years before the internet was even around gathering information on you like where you work how much you make per year , you and your family shopping history , if your are married or not ,your wife's information , kids where they go to school , doctors and dentists how often you visit relatives and there information ss numbers house values car and property vacations if you take them and to where , you name it they knew it and sold it and there still is no regulations on who they can and can't sell your information to..

Which is bs since we the people don’t get a cut.

 

[MJF]

I was having dinner with my mother at her house two months ago. While eating dinner we were discussing things in a very non politically correct manor. While we were talking, my phone lights up and Siri says " I'm not comfortable with this conversation" Totally out of the blue!. I have not been able to get it to do it again. WTF?

 

[charnicus]

I was having dinner with my mother at her house two months ago. While eating dinner we were discussing things in a very non politically correct manor. While we were talking, my phone lights up and Siri says " I'm not comfortable with this conversation" Totally out of the blue!. I have not been able to get it to do it again. WTF?

I’ve had some similar events like that happen. In a quiet voice with the phone in the other room. Yet I can yell, “HEY SIRI!” and it’s deaf all the sudden.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Google has your mark of the beast in your phone.
I'm sure it contains some kind of social score too.

7

 

[Pritch]

seven nine foxtrot delta
you gotta block that shit out better mate

 

[acudaowner]

I hope they are listening after just seeing a requetment add for the blm on a national tv station and them saying they are the answer to raceism please join today its looking its going to get really ugly . when a terrorist group is allowed to broad casting a requtement add is really not a good sign of things to come for any one .