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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by tracker1 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:28PM (#42596152)
"look into" is a much more likely trigger, then send the 30 seconds before and after to a server for more analysis. "buying" could be another. It's not like it would be that hard. Especially with some of the pretty good vocal compression for audio. It would be a small blip on a modern connection, even wireless.

I'm not saying it is or isn't happening but it wouldn't be hard.

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Re:I still don't think companies serve you ads based on your... by nothercastle on Saturday January 04, 2025 @06:23PM (#42598414)
Couldn’t we test that? If the theory was that buying was a key word we could sniff not activity when that word is said could we not?
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