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Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Karleb(m): 1:32pm On Oct 24, 2024
They just show you content based on your activities.

If you are a student for instance and are also browsing student related stuffs online, don't be surprised if you see scholarship or loan shark ads.

Try to ditch chrome for brave and it will reduce.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by uuzba(m): 1:32pm On Oct 24, 2024
MONEY247:
It's algorithm.... even when you make calls the algorithm store your voice collection and suggest what you say... it's algorithm
Algorithm is predicting the type of things you or people similar to you typcially talk/think about.
Hmm. Nawa.
That's how Amazon's Jeff Bazos developed his millions.
By suggesting other books/products for you to buy.
Suggested, Customers also bought, Similar items to...

Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by abbeyd2(m): 1:32pm On Oct 24, 2024
I feel the same way you do; I don’t understand why, wallahi.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Pootle: 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2024
you alone on that one o
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by uuzba(m): 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2024
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnDWSvaQ1I
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by TenQ: 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2024
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!
It's no magic o, everything is based on your browsing history!
+You supplied your name , age and nationality to Google.
+They monitor your movements up to the shops you enter using your GPS.
+They monitor the things you do online like gossips, porn, Facebook adverts you watch, Instagram, likes etc
+They look at things you had bought online in the past
+They then create a profile for you and the things you may like according to your age group, educational status etc


This is how they seem to know your mind: we all leave a digital footprint anytime we are online.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by uuzba(m): 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2024
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Kimo21(m): 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2024
BlueStripper:
He is saying something else entirely. Learn to read please.
What are you saying? Your phone can’t know what you’re thinking now..it depends on your search history and your favorite contents that you search on that makes bring everything related to that content to you.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by emmy4real94(m): 1:33pm On Oct 24, 2024
Because Meta and google tracks you and uses your data to show you ads or sell it off…
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Kingzjayzee: 1:34pm On Oct 24, 2024
Marshall1077:
Since 2018 they have already made cchips that can understand and hack the mind, can read your soul thoughts by just Ur eye looking into the camera. THis is just the early stage and they will improve the on it.. technology is spiritual.
highly spiritual
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by EbiJUNIRO(m): 1:34pm On Oct 24, 2024
Obob!
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by ViceGovernor: 1:34pm On Oct 24, 2024
I swear to Christ almighty...these computers are connected to our thinking somehow..

The moment I think about an old friend whether by coincidence or magic, recently Facebook would suggest that person to add as a friend.

There are so many examples it is mind boggling.

I am certainly not the only one it's happening to.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by uuzba(m): 1:35pm On Oct 24, 2024
abbeyd2:
I feel the same way you do; I don’t understand why, wallahi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBnDWSvaQ1I
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Ate247(m): 1:35pm On Oct 24, 2024
angelboy01:
Oga it's called algorithm. Whatever key word you press on your phone, an impression will be created to that phone and bring what you want. You might have typed something related to your mind somewhere. It could be the Ai on your phone and since WhatsApp and IG is the same owner it creates such impression and bring what you want to see. It's not about mind hacking.
our phone microphones are always on and I think even what we discuss especially on internet calls create such algorithms
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by izubext007: 1:36pm On Oct 24, 2024
as a man thinketh so he his
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Deicide: 1:37pm On Oct 24, 2024
Stop being willfully ignorant
Growingboi:
Those people saying AI this AI that should come explain to us if AI has started reading people's mind from their phone or you people didn't read what that poster wrote there?
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by otipoju(m): 1:38pm On Oct 24, 2024
angelboy01:
Oga it's called algorithm. Whatever key word you press on your phone, an impression will be created to that phone and bring what you want. You might have typed something related to your mind somewhere. It could be the Ai on your phone and since WhatsApp and IG is the same owner it creates such impression and bring what you want to see. It's not about mind hacking.
No. There is a technology to this. I read about it like a year ago. It extracts your thoughts. As long as you are around your phone.

You can try and think consistently something you have never typed before. In days something related to it will come up on your phone
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Henryfocoyo(m): 1:38pm On Oct 24, 2024
BlueStripper:
He is saying something else entirely. Learn to read and understand please.

STOP ASSUMING EVERYONE ON THIS PLATFORM IS DUMB! WE ARE IN A WORLD WHERE INFORMATION IS JUST A CLICK AWAY. The OP might have done his own research on Algorithms, Internet crawlers and the likes.

I have had a personal experience that left me in shock. In my case, i was talking to a friend about an item. NOTE: I DIDN"T CLICK OR SEARCH ONLINE ABOUT THE MACHINE.

When i tried checking instagram later that night, I saw adverts on the same industrial machine. I had to disable many apps that had permission to my microphone.

SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.

We live in a world where DATA is money. Facebook had betrayed its users in the past and guess what? they own instagram and threads.

I repeat, SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.
grow up already
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by shoodboi2: 1:38pm On Oct 24, 2024
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!
Ever heard of neuromarketing?

It's what these social media companies use. Facebook has its own neurology lab where neurologists work hand in hand with psychologists, behavioural specialists, and marketers to keep us addicted to their apps.

Neurology is what is at work here. They cannot read your mind. But they can read your behaviour, mood, and all. And they know what you interacted with the last time you felt that way. So, they provide it to you.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by johnog4sure: 1:38pm On Oct 24, 2024
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!
Some ignorant people will be laughing at this OP, it just happened to me like last week on youtube but I was already expecting it, this is how it happens I am a computer engineer, I saw people saying its algorithm, that shit goes beyond that, Your thought is energy and it frequency can be picked, how do you think lie detector works, in the occult we were thought what most of you read in the bible but ignored: "as a man thinketh in his heart so..." thoughts are energy and with the right studies and devices it can be picked. The occult science still rules material science this coming from somebody who study science in the university are still working in the science field and doing his masters still on this field
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Kasalagoburst: 1:38pm On Oct 24, 2024
A couple of times
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Myer(m): 1:39pm On Oct 24, 2024
ObalendeCMS:
It has always been there but you didn't notice because your mind wasn't there.

Lots of things are happening at the present but humans are way tooo distracted!
The word Distraction is the weapon of this age.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by BlueStripper: 1:39pm On Oct 24, 2024
Henryfocoyo:
grow up already
Grow down already.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by BadNews: 1:40pm On Oct 24, 2024
Welcome To The World Of Internet
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by ThugCheetah(op): 1:42pm On Oct 24, 2024
ViceGovernor:
I swear to Christ almighty...these computers are connected to our thinking somehow..

The moment I think about an old friend whether by coincidence or magic, recently Facebook would suggest that person to add as a friend.

There are so many examples it is mind boggling.

I am certainly not the only one it's happening to.
Asian guy, many ppl here don’t get what I’m talking about. I’m an app dev myself I know how to literally create algorithms based on a persons phone activity, convos bla bla bla.. this one is totally different like I have never mentioned a word about it to anyone or looked it up anywhere on any device but somehow they are just able to generate content based on exactly what I was thinking and even ahead of my thoughts. This one pass algorithm and I know what I’m saying!!
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by IGBOPROMISE1: 1:42pm On Oct 24, 2024
Madups:
You are not alone.
….I am here with you!
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by Myname55: 1:44pm On Oct 24, 2024
Okay
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by ThugCheetah(op): 1:46pm On Oct 24, 2024
shoodboi2:
Ever heard of neuromarketing?

It's what these social media companies use. Facebook has its own neurology lab where neurologists work hand in hand with psychologists, behavioural specialists, and marketers to keep us addicted to their apps.

Neurology is what is at work here. They cannot read your mind. But they can read your behaviour, mood, and all. And they know what you interacted with the last time you felt that way. So, they provide it to you.
This is the only reasonable explanation I have seen so far. Check my last comment, I was also saying that this one pass algorithm cos some oversabi ppl think I don’t know what algorithm is. Even at that, this must have taken plenty of time and money to orchestrate and somehow remains a very quiet project. Scary!
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by wale0911: 1:51pm On Oct 24, 2024
BlueStripper:
He is saying something else entirely. Learn to read and understand please.

STOP ASSUMING EVERYONE ON THIS PLATFORM IS DUMB! WE ARE IN A WORLD WHERE INFORMATION IS JUST A CLICK AWAY. The OP might have done his own research on Algorithms, Internet crawlers and the likes.

I have had a personal experience that left me in shock. In my case, i was talking to a friend about an item. NOTE: I DIDN"T CLICK OR SEARCH ONLINE ABOUT THE MACHINE.

When i tried checking instagram later that night, I saw adverts on the same industrial machine. I had to disable many apps that had permission to my microphone.

SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.

We live in a world where DATA is money. Facebook had betrayed its users in the past and guess what? they own instagram and threads.

I repeat, SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE.
it's the same thing. Your phone has microphone and most apps have access to it. It will surprise you that there's an app at the background picking your voice and transmitting somewhere. This gets intercepted and handy for Algorithm.
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by symbianDON(m): 1:51pm On Oct 24, 2024
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!
in that case, let me quickly think of smoothly prepared pounded yam and egusi soup laced with opkoroko, orisirisi and goat meat. I want to open Instagram now now like this grin
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by kentokay71: 1:53pm On Oct 24, 2024
Somebody is monitoring you already
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!
Re: Phone Users, Am I The Only One Experiencing This Scary Thing by kentokay71: 1:54pm On Oct 24, 2024
You don become AI alrteady
ThugCheetah:
You think of something and then open instagram and see content related to exactly what you’re thinking. I didn’t even say talking cos I know microphones and ai can work that. Just thinking!
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