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Audio Spying on Your Computers - Does Facebook LISTEN to us? Be Aware.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 22437810:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDI0MTgzXzY4NDRDQzM0] [quote:mehitable lives:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIzOTUzXzRFMkVEQjc4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 22437810:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIzODczXzdEREFEM0NE] [quote:mehitable lives:MV8yNDE0NjUwXzQxNDIzODAyXzQ1OUM3NTlD] Holy moley, the Fat Man in Austin just mentioned exactly what we're talking about today! That you could be talking about something privately and with the spying, ads will then show up on your phone or computer! How's that for timely???? [/quote] http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2413889/pg1#41422406 [/quote] That is an excellent thread, thank you for posting it! It shows how difficult it can be to turn these spy systems OFF. Also, a great point is made about why does Google seem to own the Internet? The Internet was actually developed and paid for by American tax payer dollars so it should belong...TO US!!!!!! We paid DARPA who developed it - WE should own it!!! [/quote] right. the Internet was invented by Academia way back I the late 1960s, and then the World Wide Web was invented and overlaid onto the Internet in 1990. and it belongs to The People of the World. [/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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