To think that my phone listens to me!!!

[Boomboombroom]

Light-hearted (kinda)

I was talking to my mum about baby products (I’m pregnant with twins)
She recommended some products.

I then got an ad on FB to advertise the exact products she recommended.

YABU: you are crackers
YANBU: I’ve had this too.

Please tell me your stories (make me laugh)!!!

Absolutely a thing. What freaks me out more is when I’ve been THINKING about a thing and it then recommends it.

Yep, turn off Siri

This happens to me all the time.

Things I've spoken about but have no searched for. Nor has Dh or anyone else in the house.

Apple are supposed to be really good on security but I keep unplugging my home pod unless I need it.

@CaptainVanesHair

Absolutely a thing. What freaks me out more is when I’ve been THINKING about a thing and it then recommends it.

Flipping heck!!!

You need to turn off Siri

Yep this happened to me; DH and i were talking on the phone about condoms (no reason I would have googled it) and it came up as an advert. The other night DH and i were joking about weddings and then later on adverts for local venues came up

@CaptainVanesHair

Absolutely a thing. What freaks me out more is when I’ve been THINKING about a thing and it then recommends it.

This. Although I can never deny or confirm that I've spoken out loud to myself about the product that appears.

This is very well known. I thought everyone knew?

Yup. It does this. You need to turn of Siri. He’s always listening.

I was thinking about getting a cordless vac and literally the next thing ads popped up for them 😳

Happens a lot to me, we were talking about going over to Europe to see DS who lives there. Two minutes later an email from Direct Ferries popped up. Can't be a coincidence.
Will look at how to turn off Siri.

You need to turn Siri and your microphone off.

Awww… bye bye Siri —my one and only friend—

Like a PP said this is very well known.

I assumed everyone knew this by now.

I think some TVs are meant to listen in on you now. Anything you do on your smart phone, someone knows about.

Happens to me. I’ve never activated Siri. It is always off

I’ve absolutely had this. The last time I can remember was just before Christmas when ds said he would quite like a particular brand of jacket, not a mainstream one you see advertised all the time. I had not had a chance to google nor look it up when I got an advert showing the exact thing he’d been talking about an hour before.
Similar things like that have happened numerous times. Is it Siri? I don’t have Alexa for this very reason, but tbh I didn’t think of Siri!

Bloody thought police next!

I was thinking about getting a cordless vac and literally the next thing ads popped up for them
The camera on your phone can see the bits on your carpets.

Do you think it's the case it listens to adverts which make you think about certain products/services and then your phone recommends them without you talking about them or googling them?

Btw I agree, I'm on Android and it definitely listens to conversations, not sure what to do about it as I don't use any assistants. Very uncomfortable.

Of course it's a thing. That's capitalism! Like Communism, only the state doesn't care about you. And you have to pay for them to spy on you.

Yes, I knew this happens but was a bit freaked out recently when I was shown an ad for something related to a topic I had only talked about with my psychotherapist in a session that week and definitely not with anyone else. We are doing Zoom sessions so could have been my laptop too... No Siri here as I have an Android phone.

@user1493413286

Yep this happened to me; DH and i were talking on the phone about condoms (no reason I would have googled it) and it came up as an advert. The other night DH and i were joking about weddings and then later on adverts for local venues came up

😂 haha

I have Siri turned off. Still happens.

If you have the microphone turned on for Instagram (for when you use it to film videos) it listens to you and tailors the ads.

@PinkSnowAndStars Siri - he? No. Siri is she for me. She's from NZ atm as the British one didn't work for a while.

Had it happen a few times and I always find it quite disturbing... makes me want to leave social media and stuff