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My smart speaker started playing ads for cat food after I talked about my friend's new kitten
This was about two weeks ago. I was on the phone with my buddy, just chatting about his new pet, and I said the word 'kitten' maybe three times. The next morning, my kitchen speaker played an ad for a specific brand of cat food before my usual news update. I never looked up pet stuff online or bought it. It felt like the device was just listening and selling that bit of my life. I used to think these gadgets were just helpful tools, but now I see them as little data vacuums in my home. How do you draw a line between useful features and straight up spying on your private talks?
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the_drew13d ago
Hate that feeling, makes you wonder what else it's catching.
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dixon.james13d ago
Wait, it's actually catching things? I thought it was just a weird glitch or something. That's way worse than I imagined. What kind of stuff can it even pick up? Now I'm gonna be paranoid about every little thing.
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the_drew13d ago
Heard about a coworker whose smart TV started showing ads for a specific car model after he argued with his wife about buying one. They only talked about it in the living room, never searched online. That line between useful and creepy is totally gone once it sells your private talks, right?
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