re: Google is getting scary with their ads

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I've seen ads for things I only talked about in fb messenger and things I only spoke out loud near my phone.

Try saying "I needed to buy X" a few times and then see what ads pop up.

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This is a freaky thing that gets me. I was talking to someone about "Horseshoe Bay" as they were going there tomorrow, and I pulled out my phone to figure out how long the trip was going to be. I just typed in the letter, "H" and the first autocomplete suggestion was "Horseshoe Bay". Something I'd never searched for or texted in my entire life that I know of. And if I had at some point, surely not enough to be the first suggestion after only typing one letter. Google was just listening to our conversation.