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12-08-2020, 11:08 PM | Topic Starter |
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WTF, Amazon?!?!
So I logged into my Amazon account this evening to order some razor blades and noticed that in my product browsing history is the Ravens/Cowboys game.
Why is that odd? Because I didn't watch it on Amazon Prime. I didn't watch it via any streaming service. I didn't watch it on a smart TV, I didn't even watch it on a connected device. I watched it OTA on a regular TV. I know those stupid smart home devices can hear you when you say their name and I'm sure they listen to my conversations on occasion but are they listening to what I'm ****ing watching on TV? |
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12-08-2020, 11:10 PM | #2 |
Everybody Lies.
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It wouldn't surprise me. These devices these days...
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12-08-2020, 11:16 PM | #3 |
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People willfully let a greedy corporation listen to all their private business. SIRI says hello.
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12-08-2020, 11:19 PM | #4 | |
'Tis my eye!
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My wife has an Amazon Echo Show in the kitchen and I know it listens to our voices but voice recognition technology is significantly different than listening to and identifying a television broadcast. I'm pretty familiar with how data proliferation works - I know how Facebook does it and for the most part, how Amazon, Google, and Apple do it. This one has me mystified though. |
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12-08-2020, 11:20 PM | #5 |
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Could it be you browsed NFL or an NFL game before, that's the "history"?
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12-08-2020, 11:21 PM | #6 | |
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Furthermore, I browse the internet, including CP, in a sandbox. There's no way for the CP window to share data with an Amazon session, even if I had an Amazon session open (I didn't). |
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12-08-2020, 11:25 PM | #7 |
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I meant have you shopped on Amazon for anything related to the NFL.
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12-08-2020, 11:28 PM | #8 |
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12-08-2020, 11:21 PM | #9 |
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Could be pattern matched audio from the echo
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12-08-2020, 11:23 PM | #10 |
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12-08-2020, 11:32 PM | #11 |
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12-08-2020, 11:34 PM | #12 |
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12-08-2020, 11:23 PM | #14 |
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12-08-2020, 11:23 PM | #15 | |
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It’s algorithm’s gone psycho |
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