yes. i only use facebook for informative things. like i am a part of a group for my phone and some other information only groups. i have kept my facebook account only for that.
On 11/21/20, Vaibhav Saraf <[email protected]> wrote: > My mother got her new smartphone 3 years ago, almost after an year of use > she told me that Google is listening all her calls. Whatever she will talk > she will get similar things in YouTube recommendation even though she did > not see a single video of the kind. I did not believe and denied. > > She told again and again and I denied again and again until I was attending > a Data Science class and the tutor shared similar experiences. > > It was then I started noticing these things more closely. It was known that > if I go and search amazon for thing x, my facebook and google and > everything will get patted with suggestions, but now I observed that things > which I have never searched in life came down there. How did they come? I > realised I was discussing them in long calls with my friends, when I > pointed this out one of my friends agreed too. > > Today my friend residing in Delhi called me. He was looking for a job > change. Based on his skills and knowledge I asked him to try one of the > companies which is in Noida. > > Guess what? Few minutes later the IT firm was showing up in my feed out of > nowhere, I have never seen it there till now. I cannot believe this can be > a mere coincidence. > > *RIP Privacy* > > > On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 14:54, Shadab Husain <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi friends, >> >> If we’re under the presumption that most of us are acting according to >> our own freewill, then we’re fools. >> >> Because what’s downright creepy is – >> >> We’re largely guided by robots. Yes, what Stephen Hawking prophesised >> that a day would come when Artificial Intelligence would overtake >> humans is fast coming true. >> >> Not everything has slipped from between our fingers – for we can force >> these power-hungry Silicon Valley giants to eliminate the addiction >> element from their technologies. By raising our voice against these >> greedy folks we can actually compel them to make their Facebook and >> Google and YouTube humane. >> >> The emotions – the social triggers embedded in their codes – can work >> in our favour instead of making us addictive and even controlling our >> actions. >> >> If you have ever felt you or anyone close to you getting agitated by >> the addiction of these technologies, then it’s your duty to take >> action, otherwise you might not get a chance afterwards. >> >> Well, I have recently subscribed to www.humanetech.com – the guys who >> made the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma. Even if you feel that >> all this AI controlling human actions is shit, you must watch this >> mind-quickening documentary once to view things from a different >> angle. >> >> They also bring a revealing podcast – The Undivided Attention – >> something you won’t regret giving your time to. Its link >> >> https://www.humanetech.com/podcast >> >> A comprehensive resource blowing the lid off the spooky tactics these >> technologists employ to grab our priceless attention is here >> >> https://ledger.humanetech.com/ >> >> free has a hidden cost which is more expensive than we can imagine. >> >> I deleted my Facebook in 2018 when the Cambridge Analytica scandal >> came to surface, and I’m happier and freer and more productive since >> then. >> >> Pardon my bluntness…but the cold truth is that if you feel that these >> technologies are ruining our society, you have no right to indulge in >> intellectual discussions and debating unless you take action, however >> tiny. >> >> Backing away from actions citing the impaired logic that it would be >> insignificant is pessimism enveloped in complacency. >> >> So? >> >> Onwards! >> >> Shadab >> >> Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to >> pause and reflect. – Mark Twain >> >> >> -- >> http://husainjournal.blogspot.com/ >> >> -- >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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