Getting spam from Tanner show - where did they get my address?

[Gman]

[Aloha_Shooter]

Two words; Google Adsense.

Everything you do online is tracked by Google (and other companies) and that information is used to tailor advertising and spam to your tastes. Hell, I have some friends with an Alexa that have noticed if they talk about things they'll start getting spam related to that thing. They tested it by randomly saying the word "Barbados" a few times and within hours they started getting spam and ads online for "Travel to Barbados".

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Everyone who is concerned about their privacy needs to worry less about the NSA and more about what Google, Facebook, and Amazon are doing with your prviate data. I no longer search with Google, have never used Facebook, and do what I can to minimize what data Amazon can harvest off me. Duckduckgo is the search engine and Brave is the browser for privacy advocates. Firefox works well too if you use plug-ins like AdBlock and No-Script.

[kidicarus13]

Sound advice

[Gman]

Two words; Google Adsense.

Everything you do online is tracked by Google (and other companies) and that information is used to tailor advertising and spam to your tastes. Hell, I have some friends with an Alexa that have noticed if they talk about things they'll start getting spam related to that thing. They tested it by randomly saying the word "Barbados" a few times and within hours they started getting spam and ads online for "Travel to Barbados".

The wife and I discussed taking a vacation to Barbados last night with the Amazon Echo right between us. I'm still waiting for my Barbados spam. How long does it usually take?

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[OtterbatHellcat]

Nice test drive....I'm curious..

[Gman]

Me too. I've never seen any marketing related to Amazon Alexa. I have witnessed my MacBook Pro listening to my TV. Typed into a search engine "What is..." and the next prompted word is something that was on TV

[OtterbatHellcat]

I just held a convo about Barbados within ear shot of Alexa.

I didn't buy it, but it just showed up one day....and I expressed concern about it monitoring everything at the time. I noticed that when a TV commercial said "Alexa"...the damn thing lit up on the top and was ready.

[Gman]

I just held a convo about Barbados within ear shot of Alexa.

I didn't buy it, but it just showed up one day....and I expressed concern about it monitoring everything at the time. I noticed that when a TV commercial said "Alexa"...the damn thing lit up on the top and was ready.

Yeah, I have Dish, and they were running commercials regarding Alexa integration with the Hopper. "Alexa Pause", "Alexa Play"...freaked the Echo out. I hear that South Park on their season premiere triggered all of the voice assistants which resulted in some interesting items in shopping carts.

Business Insider: The 'South Park' premiere set off a lot of fans' Alexa and Google Home devices with hilarious phrases

ETA: Found a link

[OtterbatHellcat]

I never liked the thing, even though it can do some cool stuff. I'm wondering if perhaps the unit might get "lost or broken" in the next few months.

[MrPrena]

most spam I ever got was because of dudley the dirtbag. he sells or shares (probably sells) your name and info with everyone.

I was getting one at around 09. I reported spam. I suspect the same person ( or rm**) as well.