As the title says, I’m noticing apps like Twitter are giving me ads based on information that only happened in the Messages app. I had a completely random discussion with a contact about caulking and then about an hour later I got an ad for caulk on Twitter. There’s no way that’s coincidence, it’s such a specific topic. Is there anyway to shield the contents of my messages app from being shared with advertisers?

  • Nichigan90@alien.topB
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Apps aren’t reading your messages. What you think is a random discussion isn’t. People are way more predictable and patterned than they realize.

    There’s no way for an app to read your messages, it’s not happening.