• thezeesystem@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Tested this a while back, had me and my gf talk about kids like where going to have one and all that but never got any baby products before and never typed or asked any electronics about anything related to it.

    Within like a few days we started getting ads for babies and expecting parents.

    It’s solid proof there always hearing us.

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      9 months ago

      It’s solid proof there always hearing us.

      there was actually a study performed a few years ago that didn’t find any evidence for several thousand tested apps to listen on you (some of the scummy ones were caught recording screens, on the other hand). also, the company mentioned in the posted article admits that their claims were exaggerated.

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      9 months ago

      I know people say they there are studies, etc, but I agree with you. My husband and I both don’t like Taco Bell. There were zero searches for it, we never talked about it, etc. So we decided to test it. We started saying Taco Bell multiple times in different sentences.

      Guess what suggested options popped up when we hit “T” into google or maps? Yup. Taco Bell