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[–] toadicux ago 

I was with a friend yesterday who complained about her back hurting. About 15 minutes later she gets a phone call from some robocall from a "chronic pain clinic" and that they had learned that she was suffering from pain. An Alexa, ipad, and iphone were all in the room. I told her what I thought, I hope here husband sees this story.

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[–] jesus_is_lord 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

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[–] Rafhlatha 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

To be fair, let's not pretend every other internet-enabled device with a microphone (e.g. our smartphones and laptops) aren't doing the exact same thing

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[–] CheeseboogersGhost 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Alexa....tell the jews to get fucking bent

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[–] Deplorablepoetry ago 

Silly and fear are never mutual.

Government and persecution are.

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[–] voatuser2501 ago 

OMG!!!.....Amazon are now working on a domestic robot for your home! The Vesta robot will be a kind of mobile "Alexa" which accompanies you to parts of your home that don't have Echo devices". "SKYNET" is just about here people!!!!

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[–] memememema 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you are not at this moment paranoid about the computer you have right in front of you you need to read more.

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[–] midnightblue1335 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Get this- I was having a conversation with a friend about the concept of paranoia, specifically when it's healthy and when it crosses a line into being unhealthy. The word "paranoia/paranoid" was thrown about frequently.

As I'm walking home shortly after this, I put on a podcast, and the ad I got? A fucking ad talking about how paranoid schizophrenics can get help. I have never researched anything related to mental health on any of my devices.

So I'm just being paranoid, right? Maybe, but this isn't the first time something like this has happened. I have a comment on a similar submission here where I told the story of how I had a conversation with a neighbor about mowing the lawn. For the rest of the day, every single ad I saw was lawn mowing/landscaping related. I have NEVER, ever researched any equipment or companies related to this. I have other strange examples on top of these.

Am I fucking crazy, here? It's not really far-fetched to think that these voice recognition programs listen to what you talk about, and tailor what ads you will see based on key phrases and words.

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[–] telleveryoneyouknow ago 

A company called “silent pocket” has some great copper lined electronic cases and sleeves. Awesome stuff. It works and I keep everything from my wallet, phone, laptops etc in one. (Not cheap, however - although you can make your own faraday tech by ordering the copper fabric online)

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[–] FuckUredditFuckuSpez ago  (edited ago)

Bro, You might be "fucking crazy", But not "here." They listen to you 24/7 and use that information accordingly That's literally how it works.

It's fucked Up, because they are fucking with Cosmic synchronicity... I mean, there are a plethora of reasons that it's fucked up. But I that Nothing Is a coincidence if AI is involved....

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[–] 9-11 ago 

No, Jim Carey said recently he thought getting advertised to about things he had talked about felt like the Truman Show.

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