Hopefully you find out it’s not an Apple device listening.
> On Apr 28, 2018, at 6:25 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Sounds reasonable Tom…there has to be an explanation. This wasn’t in a > hotel, it’s the vacation home of one of the girls. I’m going to write her in > the morning attempting to get more info. about the house. I know that many > of the smart TV’s can be controlled by outside forces, turning on the camera > and I assume the microphones….some folks put tape over the camera to attempt > some privacy… > > These ladies are quite sharp, well educated, tech savvy, the lady that owns > the home I put into Mac computer’s years ago, her husband is a Windows guy > but she wanted to go Mac so I took a day off and went to her home to instruct > her on a few items, she caught on quickly and only contacted me a couple > times later, now she is well versed and I never hear from her… > > I say this only to explain they aren’t the type that can hardly find the on > button…while there my daughter rewrote a Real Estate contract, sent to her > client for their signature then sent the signed document to the seller’s > agent…she also wrote an offer on another piece of property for another > client, all on her iPad…. > > But understanding how their voices could direct advertising is something they > want to understand. > > John > > > >> On Apr 28, 2018, at 11:32 PM, tom holloman <chuba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Is this 1984? >> >> On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 4:50 PM John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> My daughter and two of her friends went to Hilton Head for a few days. All >>> three use nothing but Apple Products, there is an Apple TV in the home, >>> iPads, and three iPhones that belong to each of the ladies. >>> >>> One evening they were discussing a product, TV was not on, Apple TV was not >>> on. None of them had their iPhones on, none of them were using their >>> phones to do a search for the product. >>> >>> The next morning all three of the iPhones popped up advertisements for the >>> product they had ONLY verbally been discussing the evening before….freaked >>> them out. >>> >>> So, they tried it again, shutting off everything but leaving the phones in >>> their purses. They discussed a completely different product…sure enough >>> all three soon received information on this new subject. >>> >>> We all know that doing a search for a product will bring scads of >>> advertisements for the product and competing products.. >>> >>> But, if there were no searches, only verbal discussions how is this >>> information being harvested by some devise in the home. I don’t know if >>> they have an Echo or an Alexa. I suppose if they do then even if the >>> devise is spying on them how does it know each of their email addresses? >>> If they had been emailing the night before do these devices have the >>> ability to skim the packets and obtain their emails? >>> >>> If they don’t have an Echo or Alexa (and I’ll check) does anyone have a >>> clue how this could happen? >>> >>> What if they have an Alarm system, could it be listening and selling the >>> info. to Amazon and others? >>> >>> I told them I would ask the group to see what you thought. >>> >>> Thanks a bunch, >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >>> Archive: >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=96bSBmlPfgZrZFXINusun3lR10FgFkybWbo68r_xCyo&s=PR4c3sm9Uyewpmm-oHC1ex1-QA7Sh78UJbLF0VxDgJg&e=> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Archive: >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=96bSBmlPfgZrZFXINusun3lR10FgFkybWbo68r_xCyo&s=PR4c3sm9Uyewpmm-oHC1ex1-QA7Sh78UJbLF0VxDgJg&e=> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=96bSBmlPfgZrZFXINusun3lR10FgFkybWbo68r_xCyo&s=PR4c3sm9Uyewpmm-oHC1ex1-QA7Sh78UJbLF0VxDgJg&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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