Just received a targeted ad for a product I thought about but never said aloud, searched for, or mentioned at all. Officially freaked out. Damn you, Zuckerberg.

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How exactly is it a targeted ad? Just something you've been thinking about? Surely you've seen or heard of it somewhere before, so it's not the first time this product/service (or something similar) is being advertised to you.

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Same here. Was talking to friends in person about doing a group trip to Italy, and then all my social media just had ads about flights and deals to italy

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I blame the iPhone for creepy listening

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What was it?

Big brother’s thought police in action 👮‍♀️

There’s an episode of “Reply All” about this exact topic - highly recommend a listen

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