• archonet@lemy.lol
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    3 days ago

    The first time I had a conversation about something and then started getting ads for that thing on my phone was the first time I went “ok nope not ok with that not ok with that at all” with regards to privacy and I’ve only gotten more and more pissed off since.

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        3 days ago

        Haven’t watched this video, but it was debunked million times that it’s not possible with current technology.

        OP experienced confirmation bias, a common illusion of the human brain. Google scan emails, a lot of ways they could knew about this, not via the microphone.

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      3 days ago

      This is why my friend group lists out funny products into each other’s phones when unattended