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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (8 children)

There were whole threads of people saying this stuff doesn't happen. They would say it just didn't make sense that companies would do this, it's not worth it to them. That all the ads I was seeing at convenient times were just a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Right and your evidence is "I think it happens".

Show me the stack trace.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Except it's not Facebook doing this, it's Cox Media Group.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

unless this is provably and demonstrably true, this is definitely not true, because up until now, this has been entirely speculation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I KNEW IT!!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It is pretty easy to verify whether you've granted Microphone access to Facebook. If you have, revoke it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Isn’t this an old article?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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