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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by paulcole on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:09PM (#16539913)
I put my Caffè Nero loyalty card in the same pocket as my phone (which runs the Facebook app).

I have no way of proving this but I'm pretty sure they used my camera to read the card because the next thing I knew I was seeing ads for Starbucks (a competing coffee chain). I have never said Starbucks out loud and suddenly I am seeing ads.

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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by sp00ls on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:33PM (#16540110)
Highly unlikely. More likely they're using location tracking or a shared data source to know that you like that specific coffee place.
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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by paulcole on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:38PM (#16540153)
I don't buy it. There was nothing else in that pocket.
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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by sp00ls on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @08:08PM (#16541442)
Your pocket is irrelevant. Location tracking and shared marketing databases have nothing to do with what was in your pocket.
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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by paulcole on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @08:35PM (#16541574)
So you think it was my pants?
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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by sp00ls on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @10:59PM (#16542175)
"Location tracking and shared marketing databases"
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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by paulcole on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:50PM (#16542359)
“I haven’t checked but I don’t think I’m in too many databases.”
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Re:Facebook Really Is Spying on You, Just Not Through Your P... by sp00ls on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:37PM (#16546503)
Neato. Well dude you got your answer, take it or leave it. I understand acting dumb and trolling is fun too though.
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