Re:Is Facebook eavesdropping on phone conversations?
by zeveb on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @10:35AM
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> 99% sure this is not a coincidence, here's my theory: people's IRL conversations can be pretty reliably predicted by their Facebook conversations, so targeted ads based on messages tend to be surprisingly relevant to the next thing they talk about IRL.
That may be true, but my friends and I once did this with a made-up phrase about some housewares (think 'pots and pans' or something similar): we repeated the phrase over and over in discussion that evening — and sure enough, an ad popped up on Facebook.
Not gonna install it, just not going to. And I'm beginning to think I should politely ask people who do have it installed to go elsewhere.
That may be true, but my friends and I once did this with a made-up phrase about some housewares (think 'pots and pans' or something similar): we repeated the phrase over and over in discussion that evening — and sure enough, an ad popped up on Facebook.
Not gonna install it, just not going to. And I'm beginning to think I should politely ask people who do have it installed to go elsewhere.