We really are being spied on!!!

[widefat]

I hear you! I am constantly getting pop ups for adult diapers and Viagra.

 

[stuckmotor]

That’s why I won’t have Alexa junk, ring junk, etc in my home. No way, no how

I turned Alexa on hoping it could find a way to resolve some problem.
After reading this thread, it's now back off.

 

[Captain Dirty]

Some years ago I voluntarily traded my privacy for a cheaper price and signed up for a supermarket "convenience" card. My wife was teaching at the time and sent me on an errand to purchase frozen squid for a dissection project and Skittles to be used as a reward for behavior modification. As I looked at the only two items in my cart I thought, "I sure hope some dietary researcher scrutinizes this purchase."

 

[Industrial Toys]

It may just come to light you have Dr. Seuss Books that you "forgot" to take to the book burning!

 

[MoKelly]

The other things you may notice is when you are shopping and pick something up and look at it. Then put it down without purchasing it....yep..you will see adds for that item in your social media accounts.

This I’ve never heard about.

How do they do this? Cameras in the store watching what you pick up, identifying it and sending to you. How do they know who you are? Facial recognition?

If true, this is going a tad too far!

MoKelly

 

[shooterdon]

I've never had FB or any of the social media platforms. I don't have Alexa. My one and only weakness - TBN. And, as far as my cell phone - I turn it on when I want to make a call.

Besides - long ago I thought about all this spying stuff. I have nothing to hide.

I wonder if Dr. Seuss, felt he was safe?

 

[the old grind]

Now they even have our faces.

No wait, they have since drivers' licenses have been around.

I'm with Oosik, it's a phone. No way I need internet, social media, or TBN anywhere but at my desk.

btw, Bill Gates doesn't have to inject me with a microchip. Steve jobs sold me one ten years ago. That said, I don't carry it around like a radio collar.

 

[/pine]

If it's on the Internet...it must be true...but don't forget there's a lot of gullible people out there and someone once said..."it's not a lie if you believe it"...!

 

[JethroB]

Worse day of my working life was when I was handed a company Blackberry. Blackberry's were pretty dumb in retrospect.

A former coworker from many years ago just got indicted by the Feds from cell phone records & text messages.

 

[SylvainG]

Yep, Alexia supposedly is listening to key marketing words I have heard/read. I have also heard some iPhones do the same. Haven't heard if the Androids do.
Based on your experience, I'd say you confirmed the Alexa part.

This has been debunked. A packet sniffer placed on your network can tell if a device is communicating when it's not supposed to. Unless you say its wake word, Echo devices do not send data to Amazon and what it sends is the a few seconds worth of sound from before the wake up word and until you've finished talking to it.