I'm getting ads on a meta platform for a product that I have not viewed in any capacity besides in an internally-distributed work pdf on a work computer in a browser that I don't use for anything personal/tied to my non-work identity. I've checked my history in all of my browsers; my only connection to this product whatsoever is this internal pdf that I downloaded from an internal/nonpublic work server.
Assuming they aren't listening to my microphone the only explanations I can think of are that they know I was on a specific local network and subnet at the same time as coworkers that were probably googling said product, or that meta has broken Chrome's sandbox. Or they have a tracking pixel embedded in our internal site.
It's possible I'm missing something obvious but this seems incredibly sus.
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Or just a coincidence
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I would say sure probably just a coincidence, but this is a very specific niche product. Hence why I've never encountered it or looked it up on my own. It's a special-purpose/high end furniture device.
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It's an aeron chair
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Nope. Those are very nice chairs, though.
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It's one if those beds for old people with the motors
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No, but very slightly closer.
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If it's very niche the ad may be targeted at ip ranges rather than users?
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I guess that has to be it. I'm getting the ads on a totally different network (my home ISP) than the one I was on when I would've been looking at the pdf and around coworkers potentially googling it (enterprise network), but meta probably does associate my identity with the enterprise network since I have occasionally used their services on said enterprise network (on a different device but I guess that doesn't matter).
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If they really wanted to they could also geolocate your phone to the office and tag you that way.
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Geolocate to the office, then correlate with other people in the same office. I read that they would give friend recomendations to people based on them having visited the same doctor's office.
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I have my location services totally locked down for everything except for apple maps, but this is sorta possible via IP addressing too isn't it.
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Going into
territory but hypersonic tracking is real. They overdrive the mic/speakers on ur phone and it pics up a similar overdriven signal from the ad platform.
Openpath uses this instead of keycards or BT to open mag doors and stores use it for tracking app users.
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I'm sorta aware that this is a thing but I also (perhaps foolishly) trust apple's (allegedly) hardcoded mic access indicator.
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It's possible you gave an app permission without realizing
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As Facebook has done before, they almost certainly have a location backdoor FYI
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https://www.amazon.com/BELSIANG-Spinning-Premium-Widened-Comfortable/dp/B08GP11Q5P/
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Great, now that's gonna be in my recommendations for the next 6 months. Thanks.
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Yw bb
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Probably other coworkers looking at the same thing. They might assocaite it with "people at X place are interested in Y product so lets serve them adds for that product." If you don't have any personal devices connected to the work network I wonder if your smartphone geolocation is involved. Surely a geolocation like your workplace would be easy enough for any of these companies to figure out depending on what data they have. Regardless if they knew it was your workplace or not, if you spend enough time there they might send you relavent adds to others at that location.
Online advertising is spooky and pretty much out of our control unless you live under a rock. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
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They shouldn't have access to my phone location beyond the approximation that IPs give because I have location services disabled for everything except apple maps, but I have used my phone on work wifi. So I guess that's it then.
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It's not just about location services, dumbass. Your phone broadcasts its location all the time, even when location services are turned off. And even if you never use your phone on work wifi, your employer can still track you through the phone's MAC address. So stop whining and accept that you're being tracked.
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location tracking works trough gps, cellular data, wifi and blue tooth!
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well, meta knows what you're thinking but it's not because they can read your mind or something, they know because they themselves implanted those thoughts inside your brain subliminally.
when mr zuck decides that you must consume a new pair of headphones then facebook slightly modifies the brightness and hue of your phone's display so that the light ends up activating those neurons in your brain that make you more receptive to spending money for that kind of stuff. the idea is not new ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogenetics ) but what meta has managed to accomplish is far above the state of the art and they keep it very secret since it's what makes them money.
some people are immune to this though, therefore meta's algorithm might instead use another way of implanting consumerist thoughts: vulnerable people close to you. if the algorithm decides that it's profitable it can use those close to you as a way to get through your mind. if everyone around you starts talking about getting new headphones then you also might start considering it
this second case seems your situation
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Use adblockers you freak
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I do, extensively
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Did you add coworkers on facebook?
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Nope, not a single one. I don't think they know I have one. I think I've seen them recommended for me to add before though.
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That's it, then. If you are close enough to recommend, your interests will also be similar
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whenever someone is clearly doing a troll post you will get one of the mods or just some jackass saying "LMAO THIS IS BAIT!! HA HA HA" like they are in on the joke.
imagine you are watching a movie and some butthole yells out spoilers. it ruins the total performance. just shut the frick up, like a good r-slur, and enjoy the show. dont be such an idiot and scream like you and the writers are on the same level because you are not. it is art.
i have literally seen countless posts where bait is ruined because some cute twink points out it is bait so they can feel internet savvy. i am actually very angry.
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