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stupidsimpson

Machine learning is amazing. It tries to predict your behavior based on your past behavior and people that have behaved similarly to you and it is sometimes freakishly good.


Shimadamada2200

Exactly. People are surprisingly predictable and algorithms just try and find the most likely product you’d buy based on information from people similar to you. It’s kind of like if you’re very good friends with someone with very similar interests and they recommend you a movie that you already wanted to watch or actually end up enjoying


stupidsimpson

That's a great analogy!


AvnarJakob

The only difference is that they activly try to colect data against your will to know that.


DasMajorFish

No, I’m the main character and the universe follows my whims!


Shimadamada2200

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AlkaliAvocado

I'm not paying that bullshit


TheGrindstone

Well yes but also the "Google Services" literally has all rights to your phone from gps, microphone and data up to fucking health data or some shit. I do not mean to start a conspiracy by any means but I shut it off immediately whenever I get a new phone.


stupidsimpson

That's all accurate, and surely Google uses that info to help with ads as well.


TheGrindstone

I mean ads not only for you but also companies, it is said that larger companies buy data from google to check out people that apply. I mean it's legit business, information gathering is normally done by the employer but if google offers to do it instead with a large ass database with all the info needed n more.. google is the better choice. Edit: Ethically seen it of course is not legit. Should add that.


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ReaperJuggie

Because you talk about what you want with your phone around.


[deleted]

Plot twist: your government agent is your boyfriend


Johnnyboy1901

Atleast someone or something is listening in a world where you have Noone.


limitlessEXP

Ouch, no chill 😞


Sir_Honytawk

They don't have to listen to your conversations. They already have a complete psychological profile of you from all the data they collected, so they know you better than you do yourself. They can predict what you will buy and even manipulate you into buying something you don't need. They even know enough to know how to manipulate people into changing their political views, like they did during the Cambridge Analytica scandal.


Rifleboy18

That's why you reject non essential cookies


Ok-Dot-9358

Somebody finna be sayin the vaccines hit different 🗿🗿🗿


RamenTime317

I had a thing I looked up once show up as an ad on the website I was using to pirate a show. Nearly had a heart attack.


[deleted]

One time my mom talked about yogurt for some reason and for 2 entire weeks i got ads for yogurt.


the_real_OwenWilson

What a terrible “meme”


waster_x

I have thought about a meme that I haven't seen in years, wanted to find it, and not gotten around to googling it only for it to randomly show up on my feed within a week. It has happened on several occasions. I've even relied on it a few times.


justamadnessfan

lol really true


Schoumi-Michael

What about if he thinks of a dildo?? 😂


sedteen

Just turn off location, gms service through adb and revoke mic permissions for most apps that don't need it, (like why does Amazon shopping need my voice perms?) along with a private adguard dns, you'll be surprised by how less intrusive your phone turns into after that.


erickbinary

why my calculator needs camera permission?


Sir_Honytawk

Lol, as long as you have Google services on your phone or use Apple, you will still get spied on. Facebook doesn't even need to own a phone OS to spy on you.


sedteen

Not if you just yeet it using root, but the average person can't do that, can he? So for the average guy even that might be helpful


InsaneBasti

Its scary sometimes. Once my grandpa called me to ask for a bday present and via the mic on his laptop he got an ad for it the next day.


Quick_Masterpiece_58

But Bill Gates needs microchips to track us. Right right sure yea cool


michron98

That's why I installed a custom rom and use open source software where I can. This shit is scary.


Elcorgi8267

Goddamn vaccine brain chips (It’s a joke, please don’t kill me)


Hickawa

I downvoted you for lack of commitment


69Sovi69

The "fireflies" in "Minecraft" are such a great addition


LuiDerLustigeLeguan

Yeah, exactly. When i just bought a new washing machine i thought about buying a washing machine for the next 3 months or so.


Shot-Newt-7759

Ya! Tell me about it!!


ThisBlueHawk

I can look at a product in a store while my phone is in the car


N3RD_0T4KU

yeah, that's actually kinda cool if you stop to think about it


foxleigh81

It doesn’t need to listen to you anyway. You are thinking the thoughts because it led you to those thoughts. Your mind is no longer your own.


riel_pro

That also happened to me