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M240Bravo

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Me either and im an iphone user.

However, I do not have Instagram or Facebook.

Im wondering if its the phone listening, the aps listening (FB or IG), or both.


I'm with you. I don't have any of those. But I think its just the phone that is listening to us. No apps, just some CIA/NSA computer that is always listening and recording now.
 

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happens to us all the time, same scenario. My wife and I can talk about something in person and bam, we both start seeing ads for those products on FB, IG etc...
I volunteered to do a bit of maintenance and lock work on an old church building in town. My wife and I were talking about it, and I had ads for locks begin showing up for a week on different websites.

This site is my social media. I do not have a smart TV, or a smart home device. I have a phone with all of the privacy sections selected.

Google listens, and so far most of you guys have proven it along with me.

I personally feel it is an invasion of my privacy.

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Me either and im an iphone user.

However, I do not have Instagram or Facebook.

Im wondering if its the phone listening, the aps listening (FB or IG), or both.
I volunteered to do a bit of maintenance and lock work on an old church building in town. My wife and I were talking about it, and I had ads for locks begin showing up for a week on different websites.

This site is my social media. I do not have a smart TV, or a smart home device. I have a phone with all of the privacy sections selected.

Google listens, and so far most of you guys have proven it along with me.

I personally feel it is an invasion of my privacy.

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I don’t use my phone for FB, no FB app installed on my iPhone and I still see ads. FYI it is a good idea to go thru all apps installed to see what they have access to. Google chrome does have the microphone option, make sure that is off.
 

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It is an invasion of privacy BUT people allow it to happen once they agree to their Terms of Agreement on anything but then people bitch about it happening..duh!

I just got a smart phone this Fall and before I did anything with the phone I uninstalled every single app that I possibly could and turned off everything I could including any/all social media crap. The most difficult part was installing Firefox as my default browser w/o going through the Google Apps store. This phone was DETERMINED to get me to go through Google Apps to download anything but with determination I finally got FF installed w/o going through Google Apps. Even Yahoo was difficult to start until I finally got Yahoo.com as a link. Google REALLY wants access to EVERYTHING on this phone and I'm determined to keep my shit to myself.

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It is an invasion of privacy BUT people allow it to happen once they agree to their Terms of Agreement on anything but then people bitch about it happening..duh!

I just got a smart phone this Fall and before I did anything with the phone I uninstalled every single app that I possibly could and turned off everything I could including any/all social media crap. The most difficult part was installing Firefox as my default browser w/o going through the Google Apps store. This phone was DETERMINED to get me to go through Google Apps to download anything but with determination I finally got FF installed w/o going through Google Apps. Even Yahoo was difficult to start until I finally got Yahoo.com as a link. Google REALLY wants access to EVERYTHING on this phone and I'm determined to keep my shit to myself.

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What are you hiding, son?

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I don’t use my phone for FB, no FB app installed on my iPhone and I still see ads. FYI it is a good idea to go thru all apps installed to see what they have access to. Google chrome does have the microphone option, make sure that is off.

Very good point about Chrome. I have the microphone off there too.

I don't install an app without review what permissions it has. EVER! The worst thing you can do is just click ok and agree to everything it wants.
 

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Ok guys, I have a good one from today.

I work in an office, and started smelling someone's food nearby that instantly reminded me of cat food. I actually stood up and asked if anyone was eating seafood or something along those lines.

The woman near me was eating some odd pulled-chicken recipe that was the culprit, but I never actually said out loud "oh this smells like cat food" since it would be rude.

Go back to me desk, open instagram --> Friskies catfood ad sponsored on my feed. WTF I don't even own a cat!
 

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Ok guys, I have a good one from today.

I work in an office, and started smelling someone's food nearby that instantly reminded me of cat food. I actually stood up and asked if anyone was eating seafood or something along those lines.

The woman near me was eating some odd pulled-chicken recipe that was the culprit, but I never actually said out loud "oh this smells like cat food" since it would be rude.

Go back to me desk, open instagram --> Friskies catfood ad sponsored on my feed. WTF I don't even own a cat!

I've never heard of chicken smelling like seafood. Sounds like she may need Summers Eve...
 

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I'm bumping this up and I apologize if it pisses anyone off but I just had the holy grail, of what I would consider, them listening.

Yesterday, I was at the tailor with my fiancee getting a suit tightened up. I asked her if she was doing ok and she said her back was really bothering her, then said "do you think we need a new mattress?" I replied, "maybe, we can look after the wedding."

This morning I saw an ad on my instagram for a new mattress, one of the mail order ones, and thought it's a coincidence.

The next 7 ads were all different types of mattresses. I had 8 advertisements total of all different bed brands from a 3 second long conversation at the suit tailor.

I haven't even thought about or googled a mattress in probably a few years.

I was at a store that sells zero gravity chairs and things like that. I was checking out some mattresses while I was there and talking to the salesman about them. Hadn't searched for mattresses and really wasn't in the market for them, just talked about them. Boom, flooded with mattress ads.
 

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