nave@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMarketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on peoplearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down18
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkMarketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on peoplearstechnica.comnave@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 months agoMarketers would literally kill for this kind of tech, especially in real time, but it doesn’t exist quite yet. What they CAN do with existing tech is scary enough (11, almost 12 years ago now): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/
Marketers would literally kill for this kind of tech, especially in real time, but it doesn’t exist quite yet.
What they CAN do with existing tech is scary enough (11, almost 12 years ago now):
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/