Plan B Forum

Our eight year old granddaughter spent Saturday at our house so her parents could ready their basement to be remodeled and finished off with a family room, third bathroom and a soundproof room for practicing percussion instruments. Yes, there are drummers in the family. The contractor arrives tomorrow.

Mrs Mc called me at work to ask me to bring home a pizza. We discussed the toppings and crust type. IMMEDIATELY after she clicked off (Is hung up still a term?) she received a text recommending Italian restaurants in our area. Is that a coincidence, or is there a way they can interpret a cell phone conversation? I'd never heard of such a thing.

Yes your phone is listening, it’s in the fine print. It hears pizza and gives you pizza ads.

You’re not paranoid. Your phone really is listening in.

Don’t worry, they’ve promised not to abuse the privilege.

Well maybe. The source is Faux News.

MGMcAnick wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:22 pm

Well maybe. The source is Faux News.

Touché. I often quote them so those who believe the network will be open to the content, and I interact with such folks online so I have that page bookmarked.

However if you Google you’ll find dozens of articles in lamestream media that corroborate the one I posted.

From fake news huff post:

Is Your Phone Recording Your Conversations? The Answer Might Surprise You.
There's always something ― or someone ― listening.

I have had multiple friends say that ads come up in their social media feeds seemingly in response to face-to-face conversations in their home. Too often and too specific to attribute to coincidence.

MGMcAnick wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:18 pm

Yes, there are drummers in the family.

Oh I'm so sorry, MGMc.









Although I understand it's considered a treatable condition now.










(This joke was mostly for Gob.)

“Although I understand it's considered a treatable condition now.”

Beats me what the therapy might be, but you need to stick with it.

Sue!!

"How can you tell when the drum stool is level?"
"When he dribbles out of both sides of his mouth..."

Let's hold off on the drummer jokes, please.
There's gotta be at least a zildjian of them.

-"BB"-

You would be surprised at just how many people don’t understand how “smart speaker” technology works. If you have something that’s set to readily recognize voice commands it needs to be on always.

I have Siri set to be actively turned on for this reason.