Is Google reading our emails?
Jul 9, 2021 18:33:35 #
therwol
Loc: USA
It is well known that Google and others use cookies to track your browsing history and then target ads aimed at your interests. If I research a camera on the Web, then I'll see ads for cameras on web sites the next day. I'm talking about something entirely different.
In the past month, I've seen three ads aimed at products that were mentioned in the body of three different emails. I'm referring to Gmail. The products were not mentioned in the subject line, and there were no internet searches of the products on any of my computers. The latest was for Vitamin C oil which was recommended by someone to help with skin healing from a laser treatment my wife had. I've tried to research this issue, and I see that Google claims that they stopped this practice, but I don't believe them. Not after this.
Watch what you say if you're using Gmail. That's all I have to say. They're reading/scanning it. Who knows what else they would do with it?
In the past month, I've seen three ads aimed at products that were mentioned in the body of three different emails. I'm referring to Gmail. The products were not mentioned in the subject line, and there were no internet searches of the products on any of my computers. The latest was for Vitamin C oil which was recommended by someone to help with skin healing from a laser treatment my wife had. I've tried to research this issue, and I see that Google claims that they stopped this practice, but I don't believe them. Not after this.
Watch what you say if you're using Gmail. That's all I have to say. They're reading/scanning it. Who knows what else they would do with it?
Jul 9, 2021 18:36:18 #
How else are they going to find the dissidents or terrorists?
By the way, here's an ad for.......
By the way, here's an ad for.......
Jul 9, 2021 19:15:13 #
therwol
Loc: USA
Longshadow wrote:
How else are they going to find the dissidents or terrorists?
By the way, here's an ad for.......
By the way, here's an ad for.......
It isn't Google's job to find dissident's and terrorists. It's the government's job, and if they need to scan email and social media posts to do their job, then I don't have a problem with it if that's all they are doing it for. It should be done under clear guidelines and not for political abuse. At least the government isn't targeting me with ads.
Jul 9, 2021 19:17:16 #
Recently while we were vacationing at a rented vacation beachfront home, my son in law asked me in a verbal conversation what I thought about the Jeep Cherokee vehicle.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
Jul 9, 2021 19:23:52 #
therwol wrote:
It isn't Google's job to find dissident's and terrorists. It's the government's job, and if they need to scan email and social media posts to do their job, then I don't have a problem with it if that's all they are doing it for. It should be done under clear guidelines and not for political abuse. At least the government isn't targeting me with ads.
And how do you know that the government isn't being assisted by Google?
Jul 9, 2021 19:24:35 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Recently while we were vacationing at a rented vacation beachfront home, my son in law asked me in a verbal conversation what I thought about the Jeep Cherokee vehicle.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
Watch what you say in front of Alexa......
Jul 9, 2021 22:28:10 #
therwol
Loc: USA
therwol wrote:
It isn't Google's job to find dissident's and terrorists. It's the government's job, and if they need to scan email and social media posts to do their job, then I don't have a problem with it if that's all they are doing it for. It should be done under clear guidelines and not for political abuse. At least the government isn't targeting me with ads.
Admin moved this to the Attic because I used the P word here. Oh well.
Jul 10, 2021 01:50:59 #
Jul 10, 2021 02:03:53 #
therwol
Loc: USA
soba1 wrote:
We are definitely being listened to.
I know someone or something is monitoring this. If you put a link into a post (first post of a subject), then your post gets moved to the Links and Resources section. I doubt if a real person is doing this. I've seen many ugly exchanges on this forum about various things, including politics, religion, guns etc. I'm not against free speech. People should be able to talk civilly about anything. I was surprised that my subject got moved for what I would consider a pretty innocuous statement and included the word political.
Jul 10, 2021 06:57:22 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Recently while we were vacationing at a rented vacation beachfront home, my son in law asked me in a verbal conversation what I thought about the Jeep Cherokee vehicle.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
I also do not believe that was a coincidence. Something similar happened to my cousin.
Jul 10, 2021 07:36:13 #
therwol wrote:
Admin moved this to the Attic because I used the P word here. Oh well.
Okay... who said poo-poo...
Jul 10, 2021 07:40:00 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Recently while we were vacationing at a rented vacation beachfront home, my son in law asked me in a verbal conversation what I thought about the Jeep Cherokee vehicle.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
Without ever personally researching Jeep vehicles, an hour later I began receiving advertisements for Jeep products on my personal i-pad.
I don't believe the sudden reception of these advertisements was a coincidence.
I have never looked up anything to do with any Jeep and
yet everywhere I go on the net they are advertising the Jeep.
But I did read somewhere that with the coming out of the Ford
Bronco Jeep has really stepped up its advertising.
Jul 10, 2021 07:49:20 #
Kraken wrote:
I have never looked up anything to do with any Jeep and
yet everywhere I go on the net they are advertising the Jeep.
But I did read somewhere that with the coming out of the Ford
Bronco Jeep has really stepped up its advertising.
yet everywhere I go on the net they are advertising the Jeep.
But I did read somewhere that with the coming out of the Ford
Bronco Jeep has really stepped up its advertising.
If they haven't figured on much of what to show you, they have to show you something.
Jul 10, 2021 09:15:44 #
Longshadow wrote:
Watch what you say in front of Alexa......
Yes..ALexa hears all...too many incidents to be coincidence
Jul 10, 2021 09:22:22 #
Don’t forget google is not just google search it is also youtube
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