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Audio Spying on Your Computers - Does Facebook LISTEN to us? Be Aware.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 50011564:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIyMjI2X0M1RUMzMUI0] [quote:mehitable lives:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIyMTU5XzE4NTQwNEJC] [quote:Anonymous Coward 50011564:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIyMDUyXzhFNDRCNzA0] [quote:mehitable lives:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIwODgyXzlGRjA1MDdB] [quote:Ms. Superduper:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIwNzk1XzEzRDNCM0E1] I noticed this the other day, and went "WTH?". [/quote] Bless your heart, I KNEW someone else must be seeing this!!!! Keep your eye on this with Facebook and see if it seems to be tracking VERBAL conversations you have - NOT WRITTEN STUFF ON THE COMPUTER (like emails and Google searches), and then putting up an ad that relates to it - perhaps pretty directly (i.e, BRAND NAMES). Keep watching this and tell everyone you know that this might be a possibility and to keep an eye out for this. I know it sounds paranoid but the source that told me is impeccable and insists this has happened several times and about very specific things that could not possibly be coincidences. I am just trying to see if anyone else has had this experience and to warn people. Please share. And I love your posts, by the way, Ms. Superduper!!! [/quote] I started noticing this just this past year. Ads coming up based not only on recent searches for something like a new car...and the specific model that we were searching! But like you point out, weird ads for things we had recently discussed but did NOT search on the computer. Keep our laptops, smartphones, etc. out of our common living areas. [/quote] That's the creepiest part!!! We've gotten to the point where we "accept" being spied on with our phone calls and emails and letters but I don't think people realize that their private VERBAL conversations in their own houses and cars are ALSO being spied on. And we don't even know the full range of devices that might be doing this as it could be MORE than just the computer or the phone. Potentially anything with computer chips could be doing this now, so we really have to be aware of what devices are in the rooms we are in and what range they might have. Hell, maybe we all need to go back to the 19th century! Carrier pigeons, anyone? [/quote] This could include conversations in your car, especially if you have a newer model vehicle. Hmmmmm....Government Cash for Clunkers...more people needing to buy newer cars. [/quote]
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I am throwing this out there for thought and discussion. Has anyone had the experience where you have been discussing a topic - verbally - not something you have written an email about or Googled or used the computer on - and an AD comes up on Facebook that day (or maybe next day but usually same day) about the SAME TOPIC YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING?
For example....you might be discussing something fairly unusual like....Filipino geneaology...and an ad will show up on Facebook for something directly related to that. And you only discussed it verbally with someone else in the house - NOT via the computer at all. Perhaps you've discussed something like oh....Smith Brothers cough drops (haven't seen them in an eon) and an ad will pop up on your Facebook that day for Smith Brothers.
I don't know how common this is and I don't see people discussing it but I wanted to raise the issue.
NOTICE YOUR FACEBOOK ADS IN THE FUTURE AND SEE IF THEY REFLECT ANY PRODUCTS OR TOPICS YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING RECENTLY.
My point? I think that they are actually listening to at least some of us via the computers and translating part of this information into advertising (that shows up on Facebook). We can guess where the rest goes. I don't know if Facebook has to be open for this to happen, or if it happens anyway. Now personally I NEVER use Facebook so I can't test it for myself. But I have been told this, so I figure you guys are a good test sample.
Be aware of your Facebook ads in the future and see if they reflect anything you've been discussing just verbally recently. this is NOT the same as Google ads that might reflect your email as they read all our emails anyway. This is LISTENING.
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