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How much proof is there that smart tvs and phones listen to you? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Like, we all know they're listening , but can we provide proof?

My friend was complaining about all the new super surveillance that will be government required in cars after 2027, and I said to him dude you have a stock android, you use every AI slop feature, you use a smart TV on your unsecured network, and uses x every day. They have everything they could possibly need on him. Oh and he posts questionable things to fb daily under his real name.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I saw proof one day. I was visiting a welding shop on business, never been there before, didn't know them. At some point, I'm sitting in the office with about five guys, distracting them from their work, yakking, and I mention a big piece of gear I have to haul around using a cart. One suggests a different kind of cart, and describes it. As we're talking, one of the other guys gasps, and holds his phone up to show the boss.

While we were talking, this guy opened his phone, and the first ad that popped up was for that odd, obscure equipment cart that we had just been talking about.

It turned out that these guys had been discussing this subject earlier, and now it was confirmed for all of us.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The one that did it for me - I was in the car with my wife and a friend. We were driving down the highway and talking about the clouds we saw. And I said "I wander what kind of clouds those are. Like cumulus? Alto?"

The I take out my phone and type "types of" and the first auto-fill option that came up was "types of cloud" and I was like "there's no fucking way that just happens to be the highest suggested search prompt"

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

It won't be long before we'll be getting into sexy time with the spouse, and the phone on the nightstand dings with a notification. You pause to check it, and it's an ad for a new sex lube!

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

More likely you weren't the only one making searches like that in that area.