Big brother is watching
I know my ipad is listening to me. So many examples of conversations and adds suddenly appearing. But I got spooked yesterday. I was shopping and picked up a moisturiser, day face cream. No tech on me, no conversation with anyone. No previous searches for type to buy. So I get home open my iPad, huge advert for exactly the same brand cream but the night time one. Really bugged me, discussed with everyone. The someone asked me did you buy with a card? Ding, light bulb 
moment. Obvious, I guess; but has opened another huge area of paranoia for me. What a world!
I know what you mean. It seems everything we do on our phones, computers even TV is tracked and monitored.
Sure is, more evidence everyday.
I ALMOST wish I could time travel back before we had the Internet ! 🤔
It’s kind of a new scary world. Not that the old one was completely safe because it wasn’t. The only thing that you’re in real danger of being robbed of by a mugger in the High Street is… ironically… your mobile phone. Old time pickpockets don’t exist as much anymore. Not in the UK anyway. Fewer homes catch fire these days but years ago you could lose literally everything including your life savings, if it was all stuffed in the mattress. Moving so much online has removed a whole lot of risks but introduced a few more instead, at the loss of some privacy as well. But on the plus side we literally have the world at our finger tips and fifty years ago that was unimaginable.
You are right, less neighbourhood nattering and more chatting with strangers from around the world!
For sure new tech appears to be reading our minds. The thing I find disconcerting is that I only get presented with adds for walking aids, rest homes, stair lifts and cremation plans (with a substantial discount – how can I spend it when I’m dead?). Not exactly moral boosting!
Yep sadly most of my adds have my IQ close to zero. All visible evidence! of how I can lose 20 years, 5 stone and gain abs & no flab all in 7 days for 50 bucks. 🤯😱
Hmmm. I hadn’t thought about that route to invade our privacy. Thanks for the alert.
Yes seems quite a few of us thought banking was somehow exempt.