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Another proof that our devices are spying on us

luckynumbah7 said:
I'm getting a molar implant in July, haven't searched for it but I have talked about it. I can't get away from their damn ads, especially on Tumblr,
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Comedian Ari Shaffir tested this my mentioning puppies again and again (that he doesn't own) within earshot of his smartphone/iPhone without visiting any related businesses or website.

He got adds for puppies related items.

I got funeral service adds after I found out my cousin died and we discussed it, although the smartphone could also have detected my textual input.
 
And when I had to but a new water heater, the tech guy said to NOT connect it to the WiFi unless I wanted to start getting ads in both email and mail from plumbers and all sorts of other places.
The thing is that it will run better in some ways if it can connect to some other things in the household -- so my buddy is setting up a purely in-house WiFi that doesn't connect to the internet at all; when that's done it will be able to communicate with the furnace and thermostat plus the dishwasher, or rather it could if they had WiFi turned on.
 
^Plus if the water heater is connected to the Internet, it could open an attack surface for hackers to exploit.

Imagine taking a long, warm shower...and then suddenly a hacker breaches the water heater security and your warm water turns to ice.
 
One time I had made a post about a suicide, a hanging from a window frame. Seconds later, you guessed it, adverts for ligature proof windows appeared. That was horrible. Stunningly bad taste. Who would ever buy from a company that advertised like that?
 
Dargelos said:
One time I had made a post about a suicide, a hanging from a window frame. Seconds later, you guessed it, adverts for ligature proof windows appeared. That was horrible. Stunningly bad taste. Who would ever buy from a company that advertised like that?
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I doubt the company had any ill will. It would all be done by some algorithm, and anything talking about windows could possibly trip that ad off--whether saying: you hate Windows, that you are about to put new windows into your mansion, or the post you had.
 
me203 said:
^Plus if the water heater is connected to the Internet, it could open an attack surface for hackers to exploit.
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Not long after I bought that internet-connectable water heater I got ads for an internet-connectable garage door.
I stared with open mouth thinking, "You have got to be kidding!"

Also got an ad for every imaginable appliance, all internet-connectable -- refrigerator, washing machine & drier, dishwasher, electric furnace, oven, microwave . . . no internet-connectable hot tub yet, though.
 
Kulindahr said:
And when I had to but a new water heater, the tech guy said to NOT connect it to the WiFi unless I wanted to start getting ads in both email and mail from plumbers and all sorts of other places.
The thing is that it will run better in some ways if it can connect to some other things in the household -- so my buddy is setting up a purely in-house WiFi that doesn't connect to the internet at all; when that's done it will be able to communicate with the furnace and thermostat plus the dishwasher, or rather it could if they had WiFi turned on.
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If I had appliances which connected to WiFi, I'm sure I'd never use the functionality as I'm hopeless with technology. I bought a smart TV in a moment of madness, but have never figured out how to do anything other than watch normal channels. Could have saved some money and just bought the basic model.
 
unloadonme said:
If I had appliances which connected to WiFi, I'm sure I'd never use the functionality as I'm hopeless with technology. I bought a smart TV in a moment of madness, but have never figured out how to do anything other than watch normal channels. Could have saved some money and just bought the basic model.
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Do they have "dumb" TVs still. I have not seen one in years.
 
TickTockMan said:
Do they have "dumb" TVs still. I have not seen one in years.
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I think they exist--or they did the last I heard. But you have to go out of your way to get one. I think they might also cost more, which is yet another odd example of something with fewer features costing more. Although the smart TV is probably priced with the idea that there will be long term revenue generated from spying on the users.
 
TickTockMan said:
Do they have "dumb" TVs still. I have not seen one in years.
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I just bought 2 new TV's (separately) in the last couple of months. Walmart only had smart TV's. They were small TV's 36 inches...I picked out the more expensive model in that size which retailed for $97. The store brand in the same size was $88. Even the 24 inch model was smart.
 
One trick of getting a non-smart TV might be to use a computer monitor. Obviously, a lot of basic functionality goes away (like the TV tuner), and one would need something to connect to the monitor that has a compatible connector. These days it would be, say, a DVD player with HDMI connection. You wouldn't get a big screen. There may be some gotchas I'm unaware of. But I've done this trick with a DVD player connected to a monitor, and it worked for me.
 
me203 said:
^I know I'm old when I say this...but I remember without much difficulty a time when 36" was not a small TV...
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I had I think a 27" tv until I came into some money and made a deal with my brother that he could pick me out a tv. That was huge to me. Now I got a 55" and it is considered small by many.
 
pigface said:
Last television set I bought was (is) 33 inches, at the time that was the biggest available.
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Mine was 40" and when I look at it I wonder why I got the bloody thing -- the 30" in my bedroom is plenty.
Oh -- I did not connect it to the internet! I couldn't think of any way that could "enhance [my] experience", as the brochure asserted.
 
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