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My phone is listening to me...
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:34 am
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:34 am
I asked a few people around the office if they had a thermometer. When I get back to my office, opened chrome, and went to Tigerdroppings, the side advertisement showed a thermometer for sale.
WTF? I have a google pixel phone. Did google assistant really listen to me and post an ad based on my conversation?
WTF? I have a google pixel phone. Did google assistant really listen to me and post an ad based on my conversation?
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Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:44 am to Trauma14
I think this has been discussed, and the opinion is yes your phone listens to you
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:44 am to LSUsmartass
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I think this has been discussed, and the opinion is yes your phone listens to you
Of course they do. I see ads for stuff all the time that we've been talking about.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:45 am to Trauma14
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Did google assistant really listen to me and post an ad based on my conversation?
of course it did
anyone who turns on GA, Cortana, Siri, etc are crazy imo
Posted on 1/23/18 at 11:54 am to jcole4lsu
Same thing happened to me. Buddy last night showed me his Shinola watch and i had a Shinola ad on TD when i got home later that night.
I was skeptical, I'm a believer now.
I was skeptical, I'm a believer now.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 12:19 pm to jcole4lsu
You're crazy if you think they need those apps to listen in.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 12:26 pm to barry
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Same thing happened to me. Buddy last night showed me his Shinola watch and i had a Shinola ad on TD when i got home later that night.
Have a shinola ad on the bottom of the page now. I've never even heard of that brand before.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 1:00 pm to Trauma14
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When I get back to my office, opened chrome, and went to Tigerdroppings, the side advertisement showed a thermometer for sale.
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Same thing happened to me. Buddy last night showed me his Shinola watch and i had a Shinola ad on TD when i got home later that night.
Sounds like Chicken is listening to everyone.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 1:13 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Motherfricker. All I did was read this thread.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 1:29 pm to onelochevy
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Have a shinola ad on the bottom of the page now. I've never even heard of that brand before.
I had a Shinola ad on the page before I clicked this thread. Internet is a time traveler.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 1:58 pm to Trauma14
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WTF? I have a google pixel phone. Did google assistant really listen to me and post an ad based on my conversation?
I'm skeptical. Presumably you had it in your pocket, which prevents my iPhone from waking up to "Hey Siri," and the power drain of continuous speech recognition compared to merely listening for a single wake-up phrase would be prohibitive.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 3:57 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
I have a Honda Accord ad
Posted on 1/23/18 at 8:41 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
I have a mastercraft ad
I don’t even own a flatbill
I don’t even own a flatbill
Posted on 1/23/18 at 9:26 pm to tilco
Mine is for a free smartphone. Presumably to double listen to my conversations.
Posted on 1/23/18 at 9:49 pm to jcole4lsu
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anyone who turns on GA, Cortana, Siri, etc are crazy imo
Anyone who thinks phones don’t “listen” to you when those apps are turned off is crazy
Posted on 1/24/18 at 10:38 am to Trauma14
I had a weird one last week:
My brother and I were talking about an air freshener that he had in his room, still in the package.. it was one of the glade plug ins for your vehicle, and neither one of us mentioned it by name, nor said the words ‘air freshener’, yet the following day while scrolling through Instagram, there was an ad for the same exact one
WTF kinda shite is this?
My brother and I were talking about an air freshener that he had in his room, still in the package.. it was one of the glade plug ins for your vehicle, and neither one of us mentioned it by name, nor said the words ‘air freshener’, yet the following day while scrolling through Instagram, there was an ad for the same exact one
WTF kinda shite is this?
Posted on 1/24/18 at 10:38 am to Trauma14
Last week a girl is telling me about a service in New Orleans that does cascading balloon arrangements, etc.... Later that night, I see it advertised as I'm scrolling through Instagram. Crazy!
Posted on 1/24/18 at 10:42 am to TheWiz
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Last week a girl is telling me about a service in New Orleans that does cascading balloon arrangements, etc.... Later that night, I see it advertised as I'm scrolling through Instagram. Crazy!
and people worry alexa is always listening...
this kind of shite has been happening to me for years.
i can be having a conversation about the most random thing with my wife, then go turn on my phone to look it up and i type 'm' and 'menage a trois' is the first thing that pops up
Posted on 1/24/18 at 11:04 am to CAD703X
Ghostery on every computer people! 1Blocker on iOS! I threw out my echo last night.
This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 11:05 am
Posted on 1/24/18 at 11:33 am to colorchangintiger
I kind of like targeted advertising. Maybe I'm alone...
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