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I was asking somebody about uranium ore, and the next day I got an email from a Ukrainian whore.


LOL


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I am going to crawl under the bed. My cat is already there. No one can find us there. I will know if I am compromised if I start getting ads for beds, blankets and cat supplies.


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Sugar in the raw? You're lucky you didn't get job offers to make cotton candy at a nudist resort.
 
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I'm not sure whether some of you guys are funny, or frightening.



"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
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I'm not sure whether some of you guys are funny, or frightening.


LOL. Me too. I have not been comforted. Buying the heavy duty non stick foil now.




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There is bluetooth technology in shopping centers that knows where you stop/pause. By now, all of our accounts and devices are correlated through various contact points we've made.

Though far more likely, your purchase info was sold. Did you use that store's barcode scan card to get your discount/perk-points? I spoke to the I.T. director of a major local grocery chain who flat out told me well over 10 years ago, "we're a data analytic company that sells groceries".




 
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Just because something is legal to do doesn't mean it is the smart thing to do.
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You're lucky you didn't get job offers to make cotton candy at a nudist resort.


I might be available if it is close to home!


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Posts: 4245 | Location: Metamora MI | Registered: October 31, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Yep listening. So I use it to my advantage. When I want to get some bath and body works products on sale I just randomly talk about them to myself with my phone nearby. Usually about a day later they are on sale. The first time I thought, well, that’s just me being paranoid. After the 5th time I am a believer.


That is a pragmatic and awesome hack. Wonder how long we have before AI is made to counter it.
 
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There is bluetooth technology in shopping centers that knows where you stop/pause. By now, all of our accounts and devices are correlated through various contact points we've made.

Though far more likely, your purchase info was sold. Did you use that store's barcode scan card to get your discount/perk-points? I spoke to the I.T. director of a major local grocery chain who flat out told me well over 10 years ago, "we're a data analytic company that sells groceries".


That is why I use fake names for my Safeway and Food Lion cards.

Big Suger, if you read SIGforum, my name, address, and phone number are:

Fake Name
123 Any St
Anytown, NY 12345

(123) 456-7890

Guy at food lion worked up the courage to ask me how to pronounce my name. Told him to think about it and it dawned on him Name, Fake was actually a fake name. Some of the clerks will say "thank you Mr. Name." I should get on their asses about assuming my gender.



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Posts: 21141 | Location: Loudoun County, Virginia | Registered: December 27, 2014Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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For those with the tin foil hats.

When walking around and if not using them, turn off your WiFi and Bluetooth.

It cuts down on the indoor tracking.
 
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Not the phone camera. The GPS knows where you are to the inch.

Yep - where you are and how fast you went by (or how long you lingered.) And the Food Lion (and other retailers) know to the inch, what is where on their shelves and their UPC checkout data knows what you bought (and what you didn't.) Wink
 
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Not the phone camera. The GPS knows where you are to the inch.

Yep - where you are and how fast you went by (or how long you lingered.) And the Food Lion (and other retailers) know to the inch, what is where on their shelves and their UPC checkout data knows what you bought (and what you didn't.) Wink


Neither I nor my wife have those so-called smart phones. And I keep my old style phone turned off when I do not have to use it. So we do not get any of those calls other here have talked about.

I was toying with the idea to get one of those smart phones, but after reading this thread, and some other comments, about the tracking and eaves dropping, not gonna do it!


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Yeah, that M14 video guy...
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Are you using an android or iPhone? I refuse to get an Alexa and echo for the reasons in this post.

I’m guessing the Android was listening.

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Most of us carry our cell phones in our pocket. Was your cell phone out and the camera pointing at what you were looking at?

The camera could not see anything if in your pocket like mine is in the grocery store.


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