Things that freak you out (1 Viewer)

[shmmeee]

Must be linked to your WiFi as we had exactly the same thing.

My Missus had searched for something on her iPad (might have been smart projectors) as I'd be talking to someone about them in the day and then the day after I turned on my work laptop and it was showing ads for smart projectors.

Never knew about smart projectors until the day before and then bang.

However, I do agree with what Shmmeee (I think) said about they could have been there before but you never noticed until you start thinking about them and that has definitely happened to me and particularly when I was looking to buy a car. Couldn't stopped seeing them everywhere!!

Google will use IP as a feature and know you and the wife are logging in from the same house.

 

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[LastGarrison]

Google will use IP as a feature and know you and the wife are logging in from the same house.

OK so that would make sense.

Although I am the only one who doesn't care? I'm interested in a product, adverts then show me products I'm interested in? No difference to just Googling it yourself but you save about 4 seconds.

Otherwise constantly use private browsing, don't use social media and clear cookies and internet history every time you use a device. Or just shop on the High Street.

 

[shmmeee]

OK so that would make sense.

Although I am the only one who doesn't care? I'm interested in a product, adverts then show me products I'm interested in? No difference to just Googling it yourself but you save about 4 seconds.

Otherwise constantly use private browsing, don't use social media and clear cookies and internet history every time you use a device. Or just shop on the High Street.

I love it. At least Google gives me ads for relevant stuff and has an almost psychic connection when I need to find stuff. What do we get from GCHQ who pull far more in for far more nefarious reasons? They could at least send us some coupons.

I can also choose not to use google or Facebook and they can’t touch me, or I can feed them false or edited info. The government pulls from everywhere whether I like it or not and won’t even pre fill my info on an application form.

 

[LastGarrison]

I love it. At least Google gives me ads for relevant stuff and has an almost psychic connection when I need to find stuff. What do we get from GCHQ who pull far more in for far more nefarious reasons? They could at least send us some coupons.

I can also choose not to use google or Facebook and they can’t touch me, or I can feed them false or edited info. The government pulls from everywhere whether I like it or not and won’t even pre fill my info on an application form.

They don't give a shit about 99.9% of us average Joes though!

They might learn that I buy loads of Adidas trainers and watch a bit of nugget porn! Whoopee doo!

 

[skybluesam66]

I work for a company who do a lot of top secret work for the Government
We are not allowed to have a working Alexa in earshot when working from home

 

[LastGarrison]

I work for a company who do a lot of top secret work for the Government
We are not allowed to have a working Alexa in earshot when working from home

What if you're partially deaf?

 

[Sbarcher]

I work for a company who do a lot of top secret work for the Government
We are not allowed to have a working Alexa in earshot when working from home

Alexis Hari eh?

 

[LastGarrison]

Although does anyone else constantly get these ‘Bear Grylls career is over’ ads that seems to emanate from Vietnam? Or is it just me?

I honestly can’t work out what they’re even trying to sell never mind how I fall into that demographic.

Strange.

 

[wingy]

Although does anyone else constantly get these ‘Bear Grylls career is over’ ads that seems to emanate from Vietnam? Or is it just me?

I honestly can’t work out what they’re even trying to sell never mind how I fall into that demographic.

Strange.

Yeah
Think it's bitcoin type crap .

 

[LastGarrison]

 

[shmmeee]

I work for a company who do a lot of top secret work for the Government
We are not allowed to have a working Alexa in earshot when working from home

Alexa and other smart tech is 100% hackable, any phone can be a microphone. But there’s a difference between state actors committing espionage and Facebook trying to sell more ads to Chinese gadget makers.

 

[Flying Fokker]

Deja vu in moments where I’m certain I’ve dreamt them out before

Cue the comments.

I had a precognition dream. Unknown location in the dream. It all played out in a city I was visiting several weeks later.

I also dreamt about an aeroplane crashing a couple of miles away. Roughly the right area. Never heard of any before. Recently I Read that there was a mid air collision and 14 people died in the late 1940’s.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Cue the comments.

I had a precognition dream. Unknown location in the dream. It all played out in a city I was visiting several weeks later.

I also dreamt about an aeroplane crashing a couple of miles away. Roughly the right area. Never heard of any before. Recently I Read that there was a mid air collision and 14 people died in the late 1940’s.

For me it will be a ‘scene’ that plays out many years afterwards. I dreamt 10 years ago about being in the house I now live in, but had never seen or visited at the time.

 

[JAM See]

66.6 miles on the car's trip computer. I have to look away at 66.5 and wait a full minute before I look again.

 

[larry_david]

Things that freak me out. I have a weird thing about the number 47. Went through a spell where it was everywhere I looked, wake up check the time, 03:47. Sat nav on to drive to a meeting, estimated time 47 mins. Fuck off 47

 

[Gazolba]

Any condition of the skin whether it's real or fake. E.g.

- that extremely rare condition which makes people look like trees. The images of that make me feel physically sick.

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I saw a documentary about a guy in Indonesia they called the bubble-wrap man. He has some extremely rare condition that resulted in bubble-wrap like tumors all over his body, face included.
Very few people in the world have ever had this rare condition and all the specialists were completely stumped over a way to alleviate it.
WARNING. DO NOT click on this link unless you want to see the poor guy!
HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media

 

[Mr Panda]

I saw a documentary about a guy in Indonesia they called the bubble-wrap man. He has some extremely rare condition that resulted in bubble-wrap like tumors all over his body, face included.
Very few people in the world have ever had this rare condition and all the specialists were completely stumped over a way to alleviate it.
WARNING. DO NOT click on this link unless you want to see the poor guy!
HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media