Targeted Advertising.

[Trumpet]

Just got a link to Power Tag 'The world's smallest wireless energy sensor'. Because I mentioned pylons?

 

[Glam]

I'm being offered to hire a digger today from £75. Does it come with the beefcake to drive it too? Diet coke break and all that?

 

[Trumpet]

The 75 quid one is a spade.

 

[Noah]

Today I had a card pushed through the door offering me one of 55 one, two & three bedroom luxury retirement apartments in Brooklands House, Eccleshall Road. Available off plan, which I take to mean they ain't been built yet.

 

[Gramaisc]

I am being offered a selection of flights to Erbil in Iraq.

 

[littleme]

I am being offered a selection of flights to Erbil in Iraq.

To? No return flights then!

 

[proactive]

To? No return flights then!

What would be the point?

 

[age'd parent]

I 'm being offered various weight loss adds, the weird thing is I 'm actually
trying to lose weight, just a few lbs and I've told no one, how do they know?

 

[Gramaisc]

eBay has found "three great bargains especially for" me.

Three identical items, all at the same price and from the same supplier as the one that I bought yesterday, through eBay.

 

[Thehooperman]

Don't know how I got targeted for this hotel advert?

This is the same sign as the backdrop that the Stereophonics used on Weds evening when they played LA Vegas.

The other picture is one I took with this backdrop but they mixed it with another sign when I took the picture.

Can target advertisers see my pictureS on my phone, me wonders???

 

[John Marwood]

https://petapixel.com/2017/08/24/lightning-strikes-feet-away-man-camera-rolling/

 

[Gramaisc]

Can target advertisers see my pictures on my phone, me wonders???

I had a chat with a bloke in a pub. He said that he fancied going to Iceland. I mentioned that I had noticed that there are quite a few flights to and from Iceland that fly over here these days.

I didn't have my phone on me. I don't even know his surname and he doesn't know mine, I'm sure. We are not linked in any way, really.

For the next few days, I received copious adverts for Icelandair.

 

[John Marwood]

I had a chat with a bloke in a pub. He said that he fancied going to Iceland. I mentioned that I had noticed that there are quite a few flights to and from Iceland that fly over here these days.

I didn't have my phone on me. I don't even know his surname and he doesn't know mine, I'm sure. We are not linked in any way, really.

For the next few days, I received copious adverts for Icelandair.

This is not paranoid man

If you have a smartphone your mic is always ON and ALWAYS recording

 

[Gramaisc]

This is not paranoid man

If you have a smartphone your mic is always ON and ALWAYS recording

I don't have a smartphone and my Nokia 3510 was a mile away at the time.

 

[John Marwood]

I don't have a smartphone and my Nokia 3510 was a mile away at the time.

If you own a brain

It's always on

Except for when its off

This is the answer

 

[Noah]

This is not paranoid man If you have a smartphone your mic is always ON and ALWAYS recording

It is possible for your landline phone to be switched on from the exchange and act as a microphone without you realising. This has been the case for many years and is internationally applied. It was "sold" as a safety feature so that if you were unable to contact say an elderly relative the operator could switch on the phone and listen to try to find out if there was a problem. Don't think that it is likely to have been used for that purpose. The standard may have been applied to all mobile phones.

In old spy films where an off the record meeting is taking place you may see someone, often a Russian, turn the dial of the phone and stick a pencil into the dial to stop it returning. This blocked the ability to switch the phone on from the exchange. Doesn't work with pushbutton phones.

Unlikely that advertising companies can access this facility. Have you considered the possibility that MI5 have a deal with Icelandair?

 

[John Marwood]

It is possible for your landline phone to be switched on from the exchange and act as a microphone without you realising. This has been the case for many years and is internationally applied. It was "sold" as a safety feature so that if you were unable to contact say an elderly relative the operator could switch on the phone and listen to try to find out if there was a problem. Don't think that it is likely to have been used for that purpose. The standard may have been applied to all mobile phones.

In old spy films where an off the record meeting is taking place you may see someone, often a Russian, turn the dial of the phone and stick a pencil into the dial to stop it returning. This blocked the ability to switch the phone on from the exchange. Doesn't work with pushbutton phones.

Unlikely that advertising companies can access this facility. Have you considered the possibility that MI5 have a deal with Icelandair?

Google SILVERPUSH

On second thoughts...

 

[Cue]

What advertisers on your browser can see:

• Cookies that are provided by that advertiser on another site. This is mostly stuff like Google and Facebook. Good example is the Facebook Pixel, which is used to push ads for sites you've visited but not converted to a sale on.
• Stuff on the current page you're browser

Apps are a different matter. There's a lot of theories going round that Facebook listens in because it's given permission to access your microphone for the camera - so it uses that when you're on the main app too. That's entirely possible, as there's no warning when the microphone is in use on either major OS. When the app isn't in the foreground it's a different story though - on iOS a large banner will display at the top of the screen, not sure about Android but I don't believe there's a warning. If you're paranoid you can tell iOS not to give mic access to FB, and on Android there's ways.

Photos? Yes, in app they can see the lot of you've given them access. Hence why you get a preview of the most recent photos you've taken just below the status box. It used to be that they'd sniff your clipboard for what you currently had copied but that was put a stop to recently as it's a huge security risk if you use a password manager.

In a web browser though, there is absolutely no way for advertisers to see your photo library without plugins to permit it (which you need to install), as they can only see what you upload using a file upload box. That being said, if you have any apps that happen to use the same ad provider they could theoretically source it from there.

Source: I write code.

 

[John Marwood]

What advertisers on your browser can see:

• Cookies that are provided by that advertiser on another site. This is mostly stuff like Google and Facebook. Good example is the Facebook Pixel, which is used to push ads for sites you've visited but not converted to a sale on.
• Stuff on the current page you're browser

Apps are a different matter. There's a lot of theories going round that Facebook listens in because it's given permission to access your microphone for the camera - so it uses that when you're on the main app too. That's entirely possible, as there's no warning when the microphone is in use on either major OS. When the app isn't in the foreground it's a different story though - on iOS a large banner will display at the top of the screen, not sure about Android but I don't believe there's a warning. If you're paranoid you can tell iOS not to give mic access to FB, and on Android there's ways.

Photos? Yes, in app they can see the lot of you've given them access. Hence why you get a preview of the most recent photos you've taken just below the status box. It used to be that they'd sniff your clipboard for what you currently had copied but that was put a stop to recently as it's a huge security risk if you use a password manager.

In a web browser though, there is absolutely no way for advertisers to see your photo library without plugins to permit it (which you need to install), as they can only see what you upload using a file upload box. That being said, if you have any apps that happen to use the same ad provider they could theoretically source it from there.

Source: I write code.

So basically

Get a life or get an old pre 3g phone

 

[Cue]

So basically

Get a life or get an old pre 3g phone

A smart phone and telling Facebook to bugger off will do just as well. Don't know if Android has fine grained permissions now but iOS does - you have to explicitly allow mic access separate to notifications, camera, your photo library, etc.

The Facebook app is so awful anyway. Just favourite Facebook.com to your home screen