Amazon. WTF?

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Speaking of tracking stuff, I have a theory that smart phones are constantly listening to everything you say.

I can be having a conversation with the guys at work about something totally random when one of us decides we need to Google that particular subject. When one of us pulls our phone out to search after the first one or two letters the subject we were just discussing pops up as a suggested search. And I'm not talking about common subjects like "What's the capital of Massachusetts." It can be something like how many people have died from choking on asparagus. You'll type in the word "how" and the top suggesion will be "how many people have died from choking on asparagus."

I believe it.
Your Phone Is Listening—Literally Listening—to Your TV

This one is a little too far for me. The phone listening to the TV, I can probably buy, but not that it is listening to me.
I can't get it to listen to me even when I want it to. Siri does not understand. Neither does my car. I don't know if it is my accent or what.
I was sitting in the car with the concierge, and the car understood her every word, and not a single one of mine.
So there is no way, across the room face down on the counter my phone is understanding me.

I like it. That's what wishy-washy price shoppers get. They see a good deal then think maybe they can get an even better deal and then by the time they're done shopping around they end up paying more than if they just said "hey, that's a good deal" and bought it the first time.

I've noticed because I'm wishy-washy, I can watch things go up and down as well - to Rooskibar's point.
Put something in your amazon basket without buying, you'll get notices all the time of up and down. Or maybe it just lowers after a few weeks to finally "hook me" on something I don't need.

[cfortune]

I can't say much with out violation of my NDA but we are all being watched very closely.

lol I was going to throw you under the bus in this thread. Glad you did it for me .

[Grant H.]

The amount of information that is gathered/used surrounding web traffic is staggering.

[Alpha2]

Heh - heh! Okay, you guys totally caught me! I know not only what you guys want to order, but WHY you want to order, and HOW MANY!

Oh, well, too late, all y'all's info has been sold many times over to thousands of "lists".

It was a good run, while it lasted.

Alpha2

Oh, and that porn thing? Yeah, you're totally busted.

[RblDiver]

I suppose it's appropriate to read this thread the day after watching "Ex Machina." What a weird movie.

[Ready Room]

www.ghostery.com

[sampson]

Tin foil hat?? Can i just wrap my cellphone in tin foil? Where does one get tin foil? I only have aluminum foil.

Ghostery is good. Seems like its doing what its supposed to. At least it shows u all the trackers. Although there isn't a tracker named "big brother" listed.

[sniper7]

Definitely seems they watch everything you buy or look at. I know ads pop up specifically pointing out the things I was recently looking at or the stores I have been looking at. Craziness.

[GilpinGuy]

For those that asked, the seller on Amazon was the same as the manufacturer. Maybe they bump the price to steer you toward their own web site so they don't have to pay Amazon their cut?

[Irving]

I take paid surveys on my phone for Google Play credits (free movies forever, awesome!) and it tracks where my phone has been. Every time I go to a store, or even near a store, I get a survey the next day asking if I've been to one of the five or so locations listed, if yes, then rate my experience, then I get between $.10 and $.85 for the survey. I've made something like $40 since I signed up a few months ago. Basically, every time I go to Home Depot or Safeway, I know I'm getting a survey the next day. I often just sit in parking lots between appointments and get surveys from those places as well. I can rent any movie from Google Play and watch it on my Roku. An HD rental is $4-$5.99. We use it all the time. I've got $27 right now and my wife has over $40. Not every survey is for shopping, and some stuff a lot of people on here wouldn't answer, but it has changed my perspective on surveys. Want my opinion? Pay me for it. I don't take surveys that don't pay me any more, even at work.