We know? It's not a coincidence that when you mention something like Cheap Flights to Dublin, it soon ends up on your ad rotation.
Honestly I'd rather that than ads for the things I already bought.
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
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Thought this was common knowledge by now
Yeah, there was a viral video years back about a couple that thought this was happening to them, so they started talking about cat litter for 1 day, only inside their house, and then within 2 days they were being served cat litter ads for the first time in their lives.
They didnt own a cat.
Did they mention cat litter in any messaging app? Upload a video announcing their plan?
I'm skeptical, lol
Yea they can deny it all they want, but I’ve had similar happen to me countless times.
Even better, last time I tried to buy something from one of their adds it turned out to be a scam. I reported the post (add) and they said they wouldn’t remove it because it didn’t break any policies. lol.
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I KNEW IT!!!
At this point it doesn't even matter if it's real or not, after Snowden no sane person believes big tech since they were all in on PRISM.
goes close to a smartphone "BLOODY MARY! BLOODY MARY! BLOODY MARY!" gets advertisements from local pubs and restaurants serving Bloody Mary at a discount
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It is pretty easy to verify whether you've granted Microphone access to Facebook. If you have, revoke it.
The problem with closed source apps is you don't know what else is going on in the background and what else it might have installed or connected to, unless you have debug logs for everything it did and know how to interpret all of that. I wouldn't install any app from the facebook company on any device I use
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Isn’t this an old article?
Turn off microphone access to all social media and tell your friends the same. I’ve disabled mine for years and all ads are generic or from prior sites visited.
Do you one better - My mini-desktop is plugged into a monitor with no microphone or camera.