Spinning this off from the bored thread:
I have one example below in quotes, so does [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION], but here's another one that really surprised me:
In March 2012 (back when social media was WAY less intrusive) facebook suggested my dad's old business partner as a friend. He was 35 years older than me, zero mutual friends, I never worked for my dad and therefore did not have any company information in my work history (neither did he FWIW), my dad never had facebook, this guy lived almost an hour away from me, and I did not have his number in my phone.
I literally can't think of a convenient way for even an investigator to link the two of us (using just the internet or paperwork) without going through a lot of tax filings. The company only existed on paper, no website, no social media presence. My dad still spoke to him at the time and mentioned it, and the guy said he hadn't searched for me nor had he been active on facebook in a long time (which was pretty obvious by viewing his profile). Made all 3 of us scratch our heads
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I have one example below in quotes, so does [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION], but here's another one that really surprised me:
In March 2012 (back when social media was WAY less intrusive) facebook suggested my dad's old business partner as a friend. He was 35 years older than me, zero mutual friends, I never worked for my dad and therefore did not have any company information in my work history (neither did he FWIW), my dad never had facebook, this guy lived almost an hour away from me, and I did not have his number in my phone.
I literally can't think of a convenient way for even an investigator to link the two of us (using just the internet or paperwork) without going through a lot of tax filings. The company only existed on paper, no website, no social media presence. My dad still spoke to him at the time and mentioned it, and the guy said he hadn't searched for me nor had he been active on facebook in a long time (which was pretty obvious by viewing his profile). Made all 3 of us scratch our heads
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Things that make me want to buy a flip phone and disconnect from reality completely and fuck off into obscurity:
Was talking to my GF about wanting to get an electronic drumset so I can jam without all the noise as we went to dinner. I had my phone on me in the truck. When we got home, I loaded up youtube on my iPad to watch some podcasts as I was reloading ammo and the first ad that pops up? Plastic cymbal covers/wall things that reduce noise in the direction you're facing.
Deleted youtube from my phone. Fuck that.
The first time i've ever experienced this was this past weekend. Wife and I were driving and there was a good sounding porsche cayman in front of us. I'm not sure if i said "that porsche sounds good" or "that cayman sounds good"....but when i scrolled through facebook a couple hours later, the autotrader sponsored ad that shows vehicles listed for sale was loaded with caymans.
What
The
Fuck
You should see my edited post. I was in the truck with only my phone when I made the comment to her. Got home later, grabbed my iPad, and the iPad showed the ad. Yes I was logged into the same account on both devices and yes I know how it works.
nope
I quit
fuck this gay earth
when i've been skeptical in the past that something popped up in ads that I had recently spoke about, i was never certain wthat I hadn't also searched something or "liked" something related. But in this case it was so odd. I hadn't looked up porsche on my phone, followed them on any IG pages, liked any photos, nothing.
I honestly believed the social media companies saying that they do not listen in on your convos, seems like it'd be a LOT of work and an incredible invasion of privacy with little to no benefit, but signs do point to the contrary sometimes
I say "little to no benefit" because people search for things they are going to buy. Or "like" photos, or follow pages. And it's obvious you open yourself up to targeted advertisements when you search for something. What's the point of also listening in?
CONSPIRACY
I know, 110% know as a provable fact, I haven't posted anything on TCG about drums, I haven't searched drums on youtube, google, amazon, anywhere, I literally have not even SPOKEN about drums probably in months. I don't have IG to like drums. Don't have Shitbook to post about drums. Don't have twitter because I'm not a mouthbreathing retard.
Mention wanting an electronic drum set to quietly jam out. Suddenly, drum parts for ads 45 minutes later.