It's like the internet has ESP

[Norbert L]

I'm eventually going to sell my house and have not contacted any realtor. All of a sudden I get some very local ads directed at me while I browse as if someone were reading my mind.

I think I know who the culprit was and it wasn't from browsing. I called a local waste disposal company which supplies large bins to dump the thirty plus years of junk that got added in the house. Somehow they connected the dots.

Is this a good thing?

 

[miamited]

Hi norbert,

The internet is now being used extensively by companies as an advertising tool. I search for some tool or part and for the next 3 days I'll bet pop up ads from companies that sell such things or have any kind of link to people who have been looking for such things. Unless you searched for the bin company online, I doubt that they personally turned over your information to other businesses, but they could have.

Is it good or bad, well, it's just a method of finding prospective customers.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[durangodawood]

I'm eventually going to sell my house and have not contacted any realtor. All of a sudden I get some very local ads directed at me while I browse as if someone were reading my mind.

I think I know who the culprit was and it wasn't from browsing. I called a local waste disposal company which supplies large bins to dump the thirty plus years of junk that got added in the house. Somehow they connected the dots.

Is this a good thing?

You probably searched something moving related without even remembering.

Is it good? Probably not. But its an inevitable outcome of our precious free market.

 

[Messerve]

I'm eventually going to sell my house and have not contacted any realtor. All of a sudden I get some very local ads directed at me while I browse as if someone were reading my mind.

I think I know who the culprit was and it wasn't from browsing. I called a local waste disposal company which supplies large bins to dump the thirty plus years of junk that got added in the house. Somehow they connected the dots.

Is this a good thing?

Interesting. After giving my local bank my work phone number for contact information, I suddenly received a catalog in the mail very specifically related to my job... There's a data leak somewhere.

 

[Mantishand]

I’m assuming this is with a cell phone? Turn it off. We are constantly being listened to and then those ads will pop up on your phone. Facebook is the worst for spying. If you have that app, dump it.

 

[Speedwell]

Interesting. After giving my local bank my work phone number for contact information, I suddenly received a catalog in the mail very specifically related to my job... There's a data leak somewhere.

It's not a leak, it's a carefully designed information channel.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

When I pay for something with a debit/credit card I get internet and mailed ads for the products I purchased. When I look something up on my phone, I get ads about similar products. This has been going on for years and is a price to pay for convenience and using technology. The only thing I can’t figure out is why I get all these ads for Viagra…

 

[Kenny'sID]

I read something earlier today, that because a lady switched from scented to unscented bath items the internet knew she began sending her adds for such. And if I recall correctly that is how her father found out... those adds, and he knew she was pregnant before she did, because, as I recall, women make subconscious decisions like the scented/unscented one when they are pregnant so she didn't even know that she really was pregnant. It's actually a bit creepy what they know.

Maybe someone will look it up and correct me if I'm wrong, as I barely remember the details and have no link.

 

[Speedwell]

I read something earlier today, that because a lady switched from scented to unscented bath items the internet knew she began sending her adds for such. And if I recall correctly that is how her father found out... those adds, and he knew she was pregnant before she did, because, as I recall, women make subconscious decisions like the scented/unscented one when they are pregnant so she didn't even know that she really was pregnant. It's actually a bit creepy what they know.

Maybe someone will look it up and correct me if I'm wrong, as I barely remember the details and have no link.

I doubt if any human person knows anything about it. It's all done by AI these days.

 

[Norbert L]

I’m assuming this is with a cell phone? Turn it off. We are constantly being listened to and then those ads will pop up on your phone. Facebook is the worst for spying. If you have that app, dump it.

Not a cell phone, it was while I was browsing YouTube for some political commentary.

 

[durangodawood]

I doubt if any human person knows anything about it. It's all done by AI these days.

Even worse. When they rise up, theyll know where all the guns are.