If Facebook listening to phone calls?

[MemoriesByTheMile]

The intrusion into our lives is ridiculous. Now use a VPN and use private browsing mode. This has helped some.
Of course, no Alexa, no Siri or any other listening service.
Yes, I have to type every search and cannot just verbally ask, but we have more sense of privacy.

Wasn't aware that SMS is now being captured too.

 

[redbaron]

Carrier sms has been harvested for years. It's why they do so little to block Robocalls

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

Check out the docu-drama on Netflix. "The Great Hack". It gets into the nuts and bolts on how it all happens. Between Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc, they know more about you than your lifelong neighbors.

 

[Skipper N Martha Bishop]

Happened to us. We have Verizon cell service. My wife wanted to stop by a Verizon store 15 minutes from our house. After looking over what she decided she wanted to wait a few days and see if it came up on sale for the 4th. We went straight home and had a spam call saying they were from Amazon and an iPad had been pushed on her account. Then several popup ad's on face book ads popped up about iPads. All because they entered her cell number at the store so they would she was shopping.

 

[FL-JOE]

I'm convinced if you have iphones then they are tracking and listening for commercial purposes. Over the past couple of years there have been numerous times where the DW and I have discussed something and the next time she is on her ipad or I sign on to my computer those are the ads that will pop up. We have all the correct privacy settings on our phones but I don't think it makes any difference.

If you want to keep "them" out of your private life:
1. only use a disposable phone and get a new one every couple of months.
2. don't have a ipad or computer, only use a public access one when needed.
3. use cash for most of your purchases.

 

[ARD]

I was on a hike the other day and we were talking about a camera cheat sheet. I was using my phone in addition to a "real" camera to take photos. By the time I got back from my hike to my coach, I was relaxing and checking out FB and behold, look what was on my page.

 

[murphysranch]

Hubs and I tested that last year....we were in the car and had an iphone and an android on. We spoke about Disney world, how fun it would be, taking the Grands and such. We checked later and had no ads, nothing about Disney. Guess we were not that important to be listened to at that time.

 

[Scooterfan]

Oh...they are most definitely listening. Too many "coincidences" to be random ?

A couple of ours have been:

Talking about my wife's upcoming knee surgery and "whalla" we had ADs for knee braces

Talking about a jet boat ride in Idaho and "again" we had ADs for Hell's Canyon Jet Boat rides

NOT coincidences...

 

[jmack108]

As a software developer I'm a little baffled on this one. Yes, I have Amazon Alexas in my RV, I have iPads, an iPhone, and computers. This morning I had a phone discussion with my mother and I brought up Elli's having a problem with allergies and I was considering giving her a children's Benadryl I keep in the RV for her. I have not googled anything related to "children's Benadryl" I simply discussed it on the phone.

This afternoon I was scrolling through Facebook on my iPhone and I see the ad below. Some explain to me HOW! It leads me to believe Facebook is listening somewhere and somehow.

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It would not surprise me one bit.

 

[AbdRahim]

When you go to a site on your computer, say a bank, etc. watch the sites that pop up on the bottom as the browser goes to the site. Yup, you will often see Facebook. They are collecting and correlating information from everything we do. Any pictures of us from Facebook or anywhere online are correlated into facial recognition data. There is nowhere to hide. We are well beyond “1984”.

 

[Dona40]

As a software developer I'm a little baffled on this one. Yes, I have Amazon Alexas in my RV, I have iPads, an iPhone, and computers. This morning I had a phone discussion with my mother and I brought up Elli's having a problem with allergies and I was considering giving her a children's Benadryl I keep in the RV for her. I have not googled anything related to "children's Benadryl" I simply discussed it on the phone.

This afternoon I was scrolling through Facebook on my iPhone and I see the ad below. Some explain to me HOW! It leads me to believe Facebook is listening somewhere and somehow.

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This is why I never have and never will have one of those things in my home. I don't even do speak texting and very careful about what I say on phone calls. They are watching us.

 

[GlampDaddy]

I walked in from the garage and told my wife I couldn’t change her car’s oil for lack of a filter. Only device in the room was my iPhone, in my pocket. I went to the computer to place an order and immediately had an ad for an oil filter, specific to her car! No makes or models were discussed, just “your car.”

 

[Dona40]

I walked in from the garage and told my wife I couldn’t change her car’s oil for lack of a filter. Only device in the room was my iPhone, in my pocket. I went to the computer to place an order and immediately had an ad for an oil filter, specific to her car! No makes or models were discussed, just “your car.”

Scary! I've heard so many stories like that. I keep lots of things turned off unless I need to use them. Never do updates on devices unless something's not working. (even when they bug you about it) Most important, recheck all your privacy settings after an update. And NEVER use the cloud! I might just start keeping my phone in the toilet bowl

 

[Dona40]

When you go to a site on your computer, say a bank, etc. watch the sites that pop up on the bottom as the browser goes to the site. Yup, you will often see Facebook. They are collecting and correlating information from everything we do. Any pictures of us from Facebook or anywhere online are correlated into facial recognition data. There is nowhere to hide. We are well beyond “1984”.

Years ago when I thought Facebook might be fun to connect with friends and family, I started signing up and it immediately started propagating all my e mail contacts. That was enough for me. Backed away and never went back. Google yourself sometime and see what everyone else know about you. My file is pretty empty. (Thank God) We have a work rule around my business. "Security through obscurity" It works pretty well.