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More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???

 
Anonymous Coward
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04/08/2022 06:40 AM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
I've had similar things happen. Definitely out of camera/mic range. I figure it can only be Bluetooth or something similar operating on undisclosed frequencies ? Picking up brainwaves and reporting them back.

That you thought "I need" was likely the trigger. We should do some testing, but the thoughts have to be authentic I assume.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80310171


I gotta say,

I do listen to my bluetooth headphones all night while working.
 Quoting: Bean223


My Bluetooth is always disabled. But that means nothing obviously. Another theory is that it communicates with credit cards and/or cash registers because of purchases I've made without communication or line of sight with the camera. Still doesn't explain the "thought reading" which is why I assume it's picking up on brain waves somehow...
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04/08/2022 09:47 AM
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I’m vegetarian and was THINKING about eating fish. Never said it out loud and never did a single search
FB and instagram was all ads for fish and fish sandwiches today
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82204897


That is fucked.....
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04/08/2022 09:48 AM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
I've had similar things happen. Definitely out of camera/mic range. I figure it can only be Bluetooth or something similar operating on undisclosed frequencies ? Picking up brainwaves and reporting them back.

That you thought "I need" was likely the trigger. We should do some testing, but the thoughts have to be authentic I assume.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80310171


I gotta say,

I do listen to my bluetooth headphones all night while working.
 Quoting: Bean223


My Bluetooth is always disabled. But that means nothing obviously. Another theory is that it communicates with credit cards and/or cash registers because of purchases I've made without communication or line of sight with the camera. Still doesn't explain the "thought reading" which is why I assume it's picking up on brain waves somehow...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80310171



Ads were intrusive five years ago 9duckduckgo)

This shit is on a whole other level.

I guess I shouldn't even think about how much I hate the government :P
Doomsday22

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04/08/2022 10:10 AM
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My thoughts always show up on YouTube
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04/08/2022 11:06 AM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
Go to 24:45

[link to www.youtube.com (secure)]
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04/08/2022 08:18 PM
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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80003884



That is fuuuucked........


What's really disturbing about this video is they never actually , EXPLAINE the in and outs of this technology.

I'd imagine because, they dont know.

It' gotta be HIGHLY proprietary tech for google/amazon/whomever else

Last Edited by Bean223 on 04/08/2022 08:20 PM
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04/08/2022 08:24 PM
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both dudes in YT video are effeminate
Bean223  (OP)

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04/09/2022 01:46 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
Went to the grocery store with my oldest son today.

Told him about the ball bearings ad.


"I thought I was the only one that is happening to"

Was his exact response....

He said he's seeing it alot on tiktok.
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04/09/2022 01:56 PM
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I’m vegetarian and was THINKING about eating fish. Never said it out loud and never did a single search
FB and instagram was all ads for fish and fish sandwiches today
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82204897


What if you picked up the thought of fish from the phone and the ad was secondary
Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding

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04/09/2022 04:02 PM
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I'm in a band, we stopped playing in early 2020.

This week we gathered to rehearse for the first time in over 2 years...

The gear I took with me to the studio has been sitting in my house in the same location for the entire 2 years...

On Tuesday April 5 I went alone to the studio, had the room to myself so I could setup a day early without anyone in the way...

The next morning there were ads for almost every piece of equipment I took over, over a dozen. Guitars, amps, effects, keyboards and some small accessories. Many of these items are rare products produced by small boutique companies.

I spoke with no one about any of the items. Never discussed it online or elsewhere.

And yet my phone displayed all of these, just a coincidence I'm sure...
Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.
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That happened to me before. I liked these boots my neighbor was wearing. Didn’t say a word about them. Just thought it and they popped up in the Facebook ads a few minutes later.
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04/09/2022 04:08 PM
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We can make the algoritm even better
CK Dexter Haven

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04/09/2022 04:11 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
Delete facebook, tiktok, etc apps, they are all spyware.
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04/09/2022 04:22 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
It happened to
Me many times. Now I just think about how much I want them to
Die all day. Im doing a long term test thought and have not seen an ad appear for it yet. Other things I only thought about have shown up. I want these people to ha n g
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04/09/2022 04:37 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
It happens to me too....no searches or talking about it.it has happened several times. I am adhd so my mind flits about to some really random shit too.
I believe you 100%
Bean223  (OP)

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04/09/2022 08:31 PM
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I'm in a band, we stopped playing in early 2020.

This week we gathered to rehearse for the first time in over 2 years...

The gear I took with me to the studio has been sitting in my house in the same location for the entire 2 years...

On Tuesday April 5 I went alone to the studio, had the room to myself so I could setup a day early without anyone in the way...

The next morning there were ads for almost every piece of equipment I took over, over a dozen. Guitars, amps, effects, keyboards and some small accessories. Many of these items are rare products produced by small boutique companies.

I spoke with no one about any of the items. Never discussed it online or elsewhere.

And yet my phone displayed all of these, just a coincidence I'm sure...
 Quoting: Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding



Thank you for this post.

I feel(and my son agrees) this started around the time 5G towers went up.

This is intrusive on a WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
Bean223  (OP)

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04/09/2022 08:32 PM
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That happened to me before. I liked these boots my neighbor was wearing. Didn’t say a word about them. Just thought it and they popped up in the Facebook ads a few minutes later.
 Quoting: JB1969


It seems we've entered a time when we have to monitor not only our tongues, but our very thoughts.
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04/09/2022 08:35 PM
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I wouldn't trust that any mobile phone today supposedly dumb or not wasn't possibly listening or watching...

That is absolutely why ALL phone makers made it impossible for users to remove the batteries.
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
Delete facebook, tiktok, etc apps, they are all spyware.
 Quoting: CK Dexter Haven



I think facebook/Tiktok are just the outward façade we see of their intrusiveness into OUR VERY THOUGHTS.


The real problem is the data collection.

5g has exposed this. I think they are learning as things go and threads like this one are helping them.


Soon they'll (dial back) the sensitivity of their new data collection tech so it'll be less.......obvious

What I'm trying to say is even if you delete FB and TT, your data will still be collected from

Cell phone

Smart TV

Smart Fridge

Smart speaker

etc. etc. etc.
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
I wouldn't trust that any mobile phone today supposedly dumb or not wasn't possibly listening or watching...

That is absolutely why ALL phone makers made it impossible for users to remove the batteries.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76630542


SO TRUE Monsieur

At your local cell phone store you still have the option of buying old (flip phones)

But can we even trust them anymore?

Last Edited by Bean223 on 04/09/2022 08:38 PM
Bean223  (OP)

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04/13/2022 01:13 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
A bit of a update (if anybody is still paying attention to this thread)


AS IT TURNS OUT, the ball bearings were fine. The wheel just got some debris in there and we greased it up fine.


THIS BEGS THE QUESTION

Does the "targeted" ad think it was the ball bearings because It thought that was the problem...

OR because I thought it was the problem...
Anonymous Coward
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04/13/2022 01:18 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
Well, probably not, but still kinda scary.

I work nights, and use a two wheel dolly basically the entire work day.

Last night I noticed my dolly's wheel had begun squeaking.

I thought to myself,(I DID NOT SAY THIS OUT LOUD) that I'll need new ball bearings. As these were going out.


A few hours later during a lul in the day I checked facebook on my cell phone...

SURE AS SHIT, ball bearing ad...........................

Maybe my phone HEARD the squeaking sound?
 Quoting: Bean223


Try this sometimes on glp I read a headline and want to click it but I hit the one below it and it still brings up the one I wanted
More going on than we think in this realm
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04/13/2022 01:37 PM
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Switched back to a flip phone last year and never looked back don't miss the smart phone at all and it's cheaper too.
Anonymous Coward
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06/11/2022 08:20 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
I've had this happen a couple of times. Strangely targeted ads for things not said aloud or previously searched. I know apps can listen but this isn't that

Weird coincidence or... ?
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06/11/2022 08:51 PM
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Get ready
Get ready
There’s a storm trooper coming
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06/11/2022 09:06 PM
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I was having some lower back pain. I did not mention it to anyone or say anything about back pain out loud. I didn't do any internet searches. Later on, YouTube suggested a video about lower back pain into the recommended video feed.

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06/11/2022 09:12 PM
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God seeking to show you, He exists and you are in a created realm and reality.
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06/11/2022 09:17 PM
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Re: More Spooky smart phone Mind Reading???
Same here, I was just thin cutting a pork loin deli style and when I sat down at my computer I get adds for meat from the local Cub Food deli after opening ZeroHedge.

wtf? This is on a laptop and never once have I seen those adds pop up before





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