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[โ€“] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You just reminded me of the random surveys that used to sometimes come in the mail for my Mum back before the internet was a thing. I flipped through a couple and it asked things like if you have a pet and what brand of cat food you gave them and all this totally random shit. I wonder what benefit to the home owner there was for filling such a bullshit survey in.

These days, Facebook would probably just use some AI to scan your photos and figure out if you have a cat and what brand of food it eats. You'd never know, and you gave away any defence the moment you uploaded the image.

I've recently started taking a lot of international flights for work.

Now the ad algorithms thinks I'm some international jet setter and I get ads for luxury boats.