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Big Brother Listening In

Have you ever had a discussion with your spouse or friend about some new idea, and then sat down at your computer and seen an ad for that very product?
You may have seen the news articles showing rooms full of computers that are listening to everything? They say this is to prevent insurgents from planning destructive actions in US (and other places), but did you know they also use it for marketing and tracking?
If you have a cell phone, it has a mic. If you have a device like Alexa, it also has a mic, or Ring doorbell, maybe indoor cameras, or mics on your laptops etc.
Big Brother is listening.
Now with the Virus Trump in charge... well, not sure what to expect. Somehow I doubt he will turn all that off, too much money to be made there, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did. He is pretty stupid.
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4meAndyou · F
I did NOT set up the voice activated search on my laptop when I was setting things up...AND I keep the microphone switched off on my laptop! BUT...here's a creepy thing. I saw an ad for a very small heater invented by Elon Musk, which plugs in to a wall socket...and I thought it might be a solution for a friend of mine who is always freezing.

So, I was at HIS house when I told him about it. Apparently my PHONE was listening to me!!! When I got home, ads for that type of heater began popping up on my LAPTOP.

Creepy, huh?