I changed the title from “Spying” to “Eavesdropping” because the article actually directly supports that it is “spying” on you, just not listening.

  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’ve been thinking it’s the other way around. You see such and such ad X times and then the next thing you know you’re thinking about it, then mention something to someone. Then Notice the ad you’ve been seeing for a while now.

    They don’t have to listen for a thought they put there in the first place.

    I think history will look back at this period of wild ass mass propaganda and be like: what do you mean they used it to sell crap?