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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by webXL on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @11:10AM (#13590281)
The restaurant most likely bought some ads that targeted your wife and your friends' demographic. It's far easier to do that than covertly access your phone's mic.
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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by pnutjam on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:58PM (#13592179)
Your wife's friends probably searched it and facebook lumped you all together in their algorithm.

Still creepy.

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Re:What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen by jrockway on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:39PM (#13592001)
It's also possible that the friends saw this ad first, thus planting the idea in the first place.
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