03-09-2017, 05:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2017, 05:52 PM by gordi.
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[rant mode: on]
I was working at a car dealership in Hamilton near Glasgow this morning.
I stopped for lunch at a row of shops which sit in front of a tiny wee local builders yard called "Cadzow Bridge Building Supplies".
I've passed that spot a few times before and never even noticed that yard, but I read their sign today as I sat eating my lunch for 15mins.
I had my phone with me, but ALL of the location services on that device are switched off and they ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
On my return home about 30 minutes later I checked my FB account for messages (I have a page on there for my sign-making company)
and guess what popped up as a "suggested post" on my FB feed????
Yup... an ad for Cadzow Bridge Building Supplies!!!
Now.
I am not in the habit of buying Building Supplies.
I have never had any Building Supplies ads pop up on any of my online feeds before, let alone for a tinylittle one-off local yard like this one.
So.... HOW the F*ck did FB KNOW that I was parked outside this particular yard for 15mins this morning when my location services are supposed to be OFF.... AND I never even used my phone at all when I was there, never mind for FB????
I think that this is a completely unacceptable level of intrusion into my personal and private life.
I am being SPIED ON despite my deliberate CHOICE of turning the location services on my phone OFF.
I also heard recently that someone had noticed ads for curiously specific products popping up on their phones or computers immediately after TALKING IN PRIVATE and IN PERSON about said items in their own homes (within earshot of their mobile phone).
"How did it KNOW that I was going to look for one of THEM??"
I haven't yet tested this one... but It would be great if our fellow Rogues did this as a small test???
Start a conversation within earshot of your phone.
Deliberately mention that you are thinking about buying a...... WHEELBARROW and a GARDEN SHED.
Then see if anything similar pops up on any ads when you go online??
Might be interesting.
[/rant]
and... breathe!
G
I was working at a car dealership in Hamilton near Glasgow this morning.
I stopped for lunch at a row of shops which sit in front of a tiny wee local builders yard called "Cadzow Bridge Building Supplies".
I've passed that spot a few times before and never even noticed that yard, but I read their sign today as I sat eating my lunch for 15mins.
I had my phone with me, but ALL of the location services on that device are switched off and they ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
On my return home about 30 minutes later I checked my FB account for messages (I have a page on there for my sign-making company)
and guess what popped up as a "suggested post" on my FB feed????
Yup... an ad for Cadzow Bridge Building Supplies!!!
Now.
I am not in the habit of buying Building Supplies.
I have never had any Building Supplies ads pop up on any of my online feeds before, let alone for a tinylittle one-off local yard like this one.
So.... HOW the F*ck did FB KNOW that I was parked outside this particular yard for 15mins this morning when my location services are supposed to be OFF.... AND I never even used my phone at all when I was there, never mind for FB????
I think that this is a completely unacceptable level of intrusion into my personal and private life.
I am being SPIED ON despite my deliberate CHOICE of turning the location services on my phone OFF.
I also heard recently that someone had noticed ads for curiously specific products popping up on their phones or computers immediately after TALKING IN PRIVATE and IN PERSON about said items in their own homes (within earshot of their mobile phone).
"How did it KNOW that I was going to look for one of THEM??"
I haven't yet tested this one... but It would be great if our fellow Rogues did this as a small test???
Start a conversation within earshot of your phone.
Deliberately mention that you are thinking about buying a...... WHEELBARROW and a GARDEN SHED.
Then see if anything similar pops up on any ads when you go online??
Might be interesting.
[/rant]
and... breathe!
G