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Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Of course sometimes the predictive algorithms are wildly and hilariously inaccurate too, as we should expect.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah I've gotten weird ads that were specifically targeted but they predicted me incorrectly, of course OP's confirmation bias is showing here as I'm sure he didn't notice all of that.