There were whole threads of people saying this stuff doesn't happen. They would say it just didn't make sense that companies would do this, it's not worth it to them. That all the ads I was seeing at convenient times were just a coincidence.
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
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Right and your evidence is "I think it happens".
Show me the stack trace.
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At this point it doesn't even matter if it's real or not, after Snowden no sane person believes big tech since they were all in on PRISM.
unless this is provably and demonstrably true, this is definitely not true, because up until now, this has been entirely speculation.
I KNEW IT!!!
goes close to a smartphone "BLOODY MARY! BLOODY MARY! BLOODY MARY!" gets advertisements from local pubs and restaurants serving Bloody Mary at a discount
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It is pretty easy to verify whether you've granted Microphone access to Facebook. If you have, revoke it.
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Isn’t this an old article?
Turn off microphone access to all social media and tell your friends the same. I’ve disabled mine for years and all ads are generic or from prior sites visited.
Do you one better - My mini-desktop is plugged into a monitor with no microphone or camera.
Thank god those moral people would never sell stuff to law enforcement nor sell it to companies that would then sell it to law enforcement.
Nope. Those people are all moral, good, and rich thus we are safe.