So I had a verbal conversation with a coworker yesterday and now I’m getting fed very specific ads. No possible way it’s accidental. I have most of the microphone access to apps limited, I have Google assistant turned off and no VPA setup in my home. I use a Oneplus 9 pro, does anyone have recommendations on how to further root cause this or just par for the course for using any standard android OS? Have other folks had similar experience after locking down their stock phones?
When my sister lived with me, my YouTube algorithm served me up videos on her hobby which I had no interest in. But I assume because Google can tell we’re living in the same place, on the same internet, with similar demographics, it would target me with what interested her.
It would be a lot easier for them to just make connections between people using data they already have compared to recording everyone’s audio and processing it.
It makes me chuckle (in a nihilistic way) to think of a hypothetical future google-owned porn viewer that would serve up suggestions based on what others in your house are into. Was this video recommendation random or did I just learn unnecessary information about my parent?