Joe LanmanSpoke to my builder today (in person) about a new extractor fan, I've never googled it or messaged him. Opened Instagram and got an advert for an extractor fan
Kieran McGuire@joelanman our phones 100% listen to us and whoever says otherwise is in denial 😂
Phil RumensSometimes I say random stuff near my phone to try this out, but it never appears in adverts.
@PhilRumens @kieranmcguire Instagram is the main place I see it happen
Martyn Hoyer@joelanman @PhilRumens @kieranmcguire I remember reading an article about how phones don’t have to listen because there are easier ways to do this sort of tracking. Could be something like the builder searched for extractor fans and it did some geolocation trickery which matched up to you 🤷♂️
Ambient Sponge@PhilRumens @kieranmcguire @joelanman I have spent years talking about horse equipment around my phone and it's never given me an ad for that. 😆 (Chose that subject since I wouldn't in a million years ever buy anything related to horses so it an ad appeared it wouldn't be related to anything I'd ever looked at online.)