Subj : I am thinking...
To   : niter3
From : Accession
Date : Sat Dec 23 2023 08:02 am

Hello niter3,

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:40:58 -0500, you wrote:

 BW>> Wouldn't you just be replacing google spies with apple spies?  I
 BW>> would rather opt not to have either.

 n> True, but then there is conspiracy theroies around our phones listening
 n> to us too...

 n> Where do we draw the line?

Maybe the "listening to us" part is a bit far fetched (but then again, maybe not).. or maybe the wrong terminology, but they definitely collect data on just about everything you do.

You can't tell me you've never been using Google Maps or the iPhone Maps app to go somewhere. Then shortly thereafter you scroll facebook (or some other popular social media app with ads) and see ads for places you've passed on your trip?

Do a quick web search for a nearby car dealership (or anything else for that matter). Scroll through their online inventory. Then close out of that and open up facebook, and you get to see advertisements for the same dealership - and others even.

I've even talked about going somewhere (here's where your conspiracy theory comes into play) only to see ads shortly thereafter on my phone. So much so that I can't really call it coincidence. Google's, Apple's, heck most other apps have 'changed their terms and conditions' in the past few years to include 'the collection of your information and data' while mentioning that it's NOT your personal information/data, etc.

There are plenty of conspiracy theories out there, but I don't think this is one of them. Most app makers made it blatantly obvious that they were going to do this.

Regards,
Nick

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