Comment by tsoukase
2 months ago
A few times per year I similarly have a conversation with my wife at night (lastly about a hair type) and the next morning a corresponding ad was presented at her at Facebook (shampoo). Only her Android phone was at the room (open, logged in Facebook in Chrome, no app). I definitely believe they hear us but they trigger the action with care and selectively, so as not to get caught (eg to low tech people, when the ad is very relevant to the need etc).
I am astonished that nobody had ever done a reverse engineering research yet.
> but they trigger the action with care and selectively, so as not to get caught (eg to low tech people
That would be an awful plan. Low tech people are the ones who most frequently complain of this because they have no basis to think it wouldn’t happen.
> I am astonished that nobody had ever done a reverse engineering research yet.
They have. It’s described in the article.
People have! They haven't found anything yet.
>I am astonished that nobody had ever done a reverse engineering research yet.
They have, what you think is happening has been disproven tons of times. You just don't want to believe it.