Has this ever happened to you? (1 Viewer)

[Lovely_Cornchips]

Ok so I know it's like a conspiracy theory and shit but literally the day before yesterday I was talking to one of my friends.

We were talking about how one of our co-workers is gay and he really centers his entire personality on it and as a result I felt the need to say "Hey I'm bisexual" just to like demonstrate how it isn't something I talk about a lot and most people barely know I'm bi because it isn't this central thing to who I am as a person. It just represents who I am into on a sexual basis.

LITERALLY, a minute after I said that while we were having this conversation, my phone goes off and it says that "lgbtpride_nation has requested to follow you" on my Instagram notifications. To make it even more clear, I have been single all my life and literally have no images of lesbians or anything on my account. The only picture I have on my PRIVATE account that deals with the LGBT+ community is the photo I took in 2015 celebrating the legalization of gay marriage here.

So getting to the point-have you ever said something out loud and suddenly you get an ad for it or you get a random follower request from an account?
Also do you give any credence to the conspiracy theory that mentions your phones and computers recording you and listening to you in order to find ads and accounts for you?

 

[wayvoutsold]

Something similar happened to me, I was talking about how broken the table at my house was to a friend of mine and not even 2 minutes later, I get an ad for kitchen furniture.

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

Something similar happened to me, I was talking about how broken the table at my house was to a friend of mine and not even 2 minutes later, I get an ad for kitchen furniture.

SEE IT'S FRIGGIN WEIRD! It's also kind of scary, I mean I'm not out to my family and odds are I never will be just because of the mindset they have about the LGBT+ community but like I don't like that my phone knows and that instagram and probably other websites where others can see my activity know that I'm Bi.

 

[wayvoutsold]

SEE IT'S FRIGGIN WEIRD! It's also kind of scary, I mean I'm not out to my family and odds are I never will be just because of the mindset they have about the LGBT+ community but like I don't like that my phone knows and that instagram and probably other websites where others can see my activity know that I'm Bi.

I’m bi as well and I have told my family, but I don’t post about it on my social media so that is strange.

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

I’m bi as well and I have told my family, but I don’t post about it on my social media so that is strange.

See I don't either but I'm nervous this might accidentally expose me.

 

[wayvoutsold]

See I don't either but I'm nervous this might accidentally expose me.

I wonder how much more common this will become, with globalization and advanced technology.

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

I wonder how much more common this will become, with globalization and advanced technology.

I really wish they would chill to be honest

 

[wayvoutsold]

I really wish they would chill to be honest

Me too. It scares me sometimes.

 

[blueberries]

I think there actually was case of woman's samsung smart tv (i think it was this) recording what she was discussing with her friend in private about her feeling down and being deppressed lately and she got bombarded with facebook ads about mental health clinics day after. So there actually is cases where your device actually records you and you get ads based on that and it's really freaky to me and sth that should be very much illegal.

Samsung smart tv's actually come with warning: ""Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."

Couldn't find exact article, but this: Is your Samsung TV eavesdropping on PRIVATE conversations?

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

I think there actually was case of woman's samsung smart tv (i think it was this) recording what she was discussing with her friend in private about her feeling down and being deppressed lately and she got bombarded with facebook ads about mental health clinics day after. So there actually is cases where your device actually records you and you get ads based on that and it's really freaky to me and sth that should be very much illegal.

Samsung smart tv's actually come with warning: ""Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."

Couldn't find exact article, but this: Is your Samsung TV eavesdropping on PRIVATE conversations?

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK THATS FUCKED

 

[VillageIdiot]

Always.
Usually for ads or something.
Or I'm thinking about a famous person and they wind up dying...

 

[Hera]

I think there actually was case of woman's samsung smart tv (i think it was this) recording what she was discussing with her friend in private about her feeling down and being deppressed lately and she got bombarded with facebook ads about mental health clinics day after. So there actually is cases where your device actually records you and you get ads based on that and it's really freaky to me and sth that should be very much illegal.

Samsung smart tv's actually come with warning: ""Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition."

Couldn't find exact article, but this: Is your Samsung TV eavesdropping on PRIVATE conversations?

Time to get rid of my Samsung smart TV