I sent a link separately to a podcast I listen to- ‘Reply All’,  that asked if 
Facebook was using our phone/ computer’s mics to listen. 
Here it is for this thread:
Listen to #109 Is Facebook Spying on You? from Reply All in Podcasts. 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__itunes.apple.com_us_podcast_reply-2Dall_id941907967-3Fmt-3D2-26i-3D1000394325441&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=EynNfjC0IgQHlcEwCVglqsKtLLlMB2lDR74nAlu2o3U&s=GQHd0EIlILBhG-HK7OHGSZtAUggGaAO0lrs1nzymREg&e=

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> On Apr 29, 2018, at 1:56 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I think the only possibility is an App that may have slipped by Apple.  What 
> I think is more plausible is the home is leased throughout the year, either 
> the gal that owns it has a device that she keeps track of the tenants & 
> doesn’t want to admit or one of the tenants has installed something.  I’ve 
> sent her all my suggestions including installing a Fingbox so she can track 
> what’s on her network & be notified when something had been added.  I’m sure 
> there’s an explanation 
> 
> John
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 29, 2018, at 1:41 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hopefully you find out it’s not an Apple device listening.
>> 
>>> On Apr 28, 2018, at 6:25 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> 
>>> 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 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Is this 1984?
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 4:50 PM John Robinson <[email protected]> 
>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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