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by ruddct 3223 days ago
One theory: Instagram and Facebook have hacked iOS to bypass the built-in bright red flashing 'recording' status bar and are recording your conversations constantly for their own benefit.

Another theory: At some point you looked at a web page that mentioned projectors, or you happen to be in a demo that frequently buys projectors, so you saw an ad for projectors.

I know which theory I'd buy. These conspiracy theories pop up constantly, they're quite tiring.
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netsharc 3223 days ago
Another theory: it's just a coincidence that Instagram shows this ad the same day the guy talked about such a device. I know computer scientists aren't actual scientists, but I would not present hypothesis as conclusion. At least do some experiments before you jump to conclusions.

I've seen an ad on Instagram of a t-shirt that says "Winners are born in $MY_BIRTH_MONTH", which is quite transparent targeting...

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altern8tif 3223 days ago
> computer scientists aren't actual scientists

I think a lot of folks here are gonna disagree with that.

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