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People left seriously creeped out after woman shares how to find out everything Google knows about you (www.uniladtech.com)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (56 children)

What I want to know is why when I'm talking to my wife in the car about buying new shoes do I get a YouTube ad that evening about new shoes, when I never got that kind of ad before.

Are our phones listening to us while we talk in the car, and then ads are generated from that?

I'd really like to know the answer to that question.

Edit: fixed typo, shoes, not shows.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I am skeptical about listening not only because it was not proven, but also because almost the exact same result is achievable via much, much simpler and omnipresent means.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I am skeptical about listening not only because it was not proven,

This old article from Vice seems to have proven it, back in 2018.

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[–] SapientLasagna 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And their conclusion was completely wrong.

Because unless you’re a journalist, a lawyer, or have some kind of role with sensitive information, the access of your data is only really going to advertisers. If you’re like everyone else, living a really normal life, and talking to your friends about flying to Japan, then it’s really not that different to advertisers looking at your browsing history.

These days, a private conversation about pregnancy, abortion, voting, or your feelings about geopolitical stuff like Gaza or Ukraine could absolutely be used against you, depending on where you live.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I didn't like that part of the article either, but then again that was back in 2017/18 before the today's political environment.

You're definitely right.

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