Google basically uses the same tricks "mind readers" do except they have a lot more information. They don't need to read your thoughts or listen in to your conversations. If you start looking at cribs online they're going to send you ads breast pumps in a few months followed by baby food makers 6 months later.
I used to get ads exclusively for cleaning supplies on this one music app I used only when I cleaned. Never talked about cleaning, just the sounds of cleaning and dishes being done. Probably a coincidence but it freaked me out enough I stopped using that and just downloaded a shit ton of music to my phone.
just get some good ~~drugs~~ thought encryption
I love encrypting my thoughts with AES-256-GCM
That doesn't scare me, because I know full well that neuroscience is nowhere near advanced enough to read minds.
When that day comes, however…
Neuroscience, not yet. Data science absolutely is though.
both are creepy
YES!!!! I had this happen to me. I never mentioned it to anybody, I just thought it up and next day... BAM! I see an ad for something I just THOUGHT about.
What the fuck???
omg YES. So weird and creepy. And not just ads...Youtube recommendations, fluff news stories, songs you didn't know existed.....
this meme is kinda meta for me too 💀 because I wondered who else experiences this
It's 9am in morning, it's too early for this shit!?! Let's just call it a coincidence. I'm going back to sleep, they can't get to you in your dreams.
Not yet.
Imagine still viewing ads in 2023.
uBlock Origin and uMatrix chads rise up