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  • scarabin2

    last night at the bar i picked this album out of the bin of vinyls and played it on their turntable. took a photo of the cover with my phone because i thought it was interesting.

    today, amazon is -out of the blue- suggesting i buy it. amazon has never suggested i buy vinyl from them before.

    this seems to suggest that amazon somehow knows i was listening to the album last night, which is unlikely because it has never suggested music to me before, or that it knows i took a photo of the album.

    what the fucking fuck

    • Ziggy Stardust and the NSA Photo Recognition Software Licensed by Amazon Prime AI Suggested Purchasing Division from Marsprophetone
    • you haven't googled any detail about the album?sted
    • your microphone and your camera are working for them.renderedred
    • I'm reading increasing anecdata of people having product suggestions from FB and G after conversations within earshot of their phones.detritus
    • @detritus it's real and it works. seriously.renderedred
    • i didn't google shit. so creepyscarabin
    • fast frwrd 3 yrs. same scenario. driving home from bar, at door, what's this? oh just drone-delivered complimentary copy of lp, try it out for 30 days!prophetone
    • They're doing you a favour because it is one of the finest albums ever made. Moonage Daydream sounds incredible on vinyl.face_melter
    • our phones are always recording. There is some anagram shifting through our daily life. I hope you all put your phones in the draw when you have sex!mugwart
    • that and five years, top choons!prophetone
    • a friend was even telling me that they are able to work out where you are in the shops through the sound alone. Hope all this ultrasonic shit is just bluffmugwart
    • one side project it to take out the camera and micorphone chip from my old phone camera. Possibly even the gps.mugwart
    • i have the camera on my tablet and desktop taped off with gaffers but my phone and its microphone? we're screwed.sea_sea
    • This has happened to me too many times to NOT be a thing. I wish they'd just be transparent about it so I can take hammer my phone.5timuli
    • Doesn't bother me. I just laughsince1979
    • Lady Stardust. nut said.
      but yes, creepy.
      sofakingback
    • *nuffsofakingback
    • in b4 kanye westsince1979
    • https://noisey.vice.…since1979
    • ultrasonic shit is not bluff. microphones determine passwords based off of the echoes.imbecile
    • yep - I have experienced this also - 1st couple of times I thought it was coincidence but no - ads based on convos have happened too many times now.fadein11
    • AI is here. The future is now.chukkaphob
    • i saw shit working 2 yrs. ago. sound in particular.renderedred
    • i guess the thought is it's less of a breach of privacy to analyze your conversation for keywords than to film it.renderedred
    • You said yes accepting the device contract.imbecile

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