Is this some big brother.......... stuff, or what?

[Gumbo4x4]

So, I took about 20 photos of my hometown and posted them to a Facebook group. Among the photos were two pics of a mural that was painted recently. I made no comment on those pictures. About an hour later, I check my “people you may know”. Top of the list, the artist who painted the mural........

 

[cleverclovers]

They're watching you.

 

[Shanti]

Where do you think Facebook gets most of its money from? People who mine our data.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Where do you think Facebook gets most of its money from? People who mine our data.

Oh I know, but the ability to connect the tinirest of dots is otherworldly.

 

[firefly_ris]

Programming can be rather amazing.

 

[starry_solo]

 

[Imzadi]

There is a tracking device embedded in the paint.

 

[ShayBells]

It’s like when you talk about a product with a friend in real life (haha) then the next day you see it as a sponsored ad in your newsfeed. Creepy.

 

[22Tink]

It’s like when you talk about a product with a friend in real life (haha) then the next day you see it as a sponsored ad in your newsfeed. Creepy.

I was just thinking that same thing. Or if I search something on my computer at work and ads for it come up on my phone. How does that happen?

 

[Imzadi]

I was just thinking that same thing. Or if I search something on my computer at work and ads for it come up on my phone. How does that happen?

Is your phone an Android? And do you do Google searches? And do you have a Gmail address? Android is owned by Google. In order to download phone apps, you need Google Play. So that Google Play connects with the Google Search, which connects with Gmail to tailor your ads.

What really pissed me off is that I use my Gmail (also Google) to type up To Do lists for myself. Usually, if I need to buy stuff, it goes on the list. Several weeks ago, I needed to go to a few stores, so I even wrote at the top of one list: Dollar Tree. Not dollar store, but the actual name of the dollar store.

Two days later, I'm on my homepage for YouTube (also owned by Google.) Suddenly, I'm seeing video suggestions for Dollar Tree hacks. Not dollar store hacks, which I've seen before, but actual Dollar TREE. That's when I realized Google culled my private EMAIL/To Do List to give me YouTube suggestions.

 

[22Tink]

Is your phone an Android? And do you do Google searches? And do you have a Gmail address? Android is owned by Google. In order to download phone apps, you need Google Play. So that Google Play connects with the Google Search, which connects with Gmail to tailor your ads.

What really pissed me off is that I use my Gmail (also Google) to type up To Do lists for myself. Usually, if I need to buy stuff, it goes on the list. Several weeks ago, I needed to go to a few stores, so I even wrote at the top of one list: Dollar Tree. Not dollar store, but the actual name of the dollar store.

Two days later, I'm on my homepage for YouTube (also owned by Google.) Suddenly, I'm seeing video suggestions for Dollar Tree hacks. Not dollar store hacks, which I've seen before, but actual Dollar TREE. That's when I realized Google culled my private EMAIL/To Do List to give me YouTube suggestions.

Nope iPhone and my work computer is a Mac so both Apple products. Other than being on the same wifi network while I’m at work they have no connection, so maybe it’s the shared wifi? No gmail account but yes to google searches. We renovated the clinic I work at and searched for and purchased many things on the work computer and the very things we searched for started showing up on my phone ads. So weird.

 

[low-key]

Oh, I hate with a passion anytime I get a "people you might know" thing, I dont know anyone so leave me alone . its so hard to be a hermit now a days

 

[Deb & Bill]

I got off Twitter, Facebook and Intragram in January and couldn't be happier.

 

[DISNEYSQUIRRELS]

It’s like when you talk about a product with a friend in real life (haha) then the next day you see it as a sponsored ad in your newsfeed. Creepy.

Haha! I love this... at my work, we have a fairly small department on a shared network... SO... when the random ads start popping up, I like to try to match the ad with coworker.
RidEx...hmmm, I wonder who’s having septic problems...Viking cruise... haha, which one of us is planning that?

 

[Micca]

I'm not on FB but I get a lot of Disney stuff on my MSN homepage and my phone. I'm cool with that.

 

[Imzadi]

Nope iPhone and my work computer is a Mac so both Apple products. Other than being on the same wifi network while I’m at work they have no connection, so maybe it’s the shared wifi? No gmail account but yes to google searches. We renovated the clinic I work at and searched for and purchased many things on the work computer and the very things we searched for started showing up on my phone ads. So weird.

 

[cruiser21]

It’s like when you talk about a product with a friend in real life (haha) then the next day you see it as a sponsored ad in your newsfeed. Creepy.

You know they can listen to you through your phone. They've been able to do that for a while. My brother has a very high security clearance job. They cannot take their personal cell phones into their offices.

 

[cruiser21]

I got off Twitter, Facebook and Intragram in January and couldn't be happier.

I've never been on any of them and could never be happier.

 

[ShayBells]

Haha! I love this... at my work, we have a fairly small department on a shared network... SO... when the random ads start popping up, I like to try to match the ad with coworker.
RidEx...hmmm, I wonder who’s having septic problems...Viking cruise... haha, which one of us is planning that?

That’s great!! I wish I would have thought of that before I switched to working from home. What a fun game!

You know they can listen to you through your phone. They've been able to do that for a while.

Creepy.

 

[Imzadi]

You know they can listen to you through your phone. They've been able to do that for a while. My brother has a very high security clearance job. They cannot take their personal cell phones into their offices.

I have a piece of painters tape over my laptop camera & mic. I did this before Mark Zukerberg said he does the same thing. That guy's got several billions and he relies on the tape, not some fancy blocking program he could have had his IT team figure out, to keep people from spying through the camera.