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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Fri May 10, 2019, 10:50 PM May 2019

So 4 times I've been awake and on my phone at night when I get an

Ikea ad that says why are you still awake it is almost 3am (or almost whatever time it is). Freaky feeling. Then the ad goes on. Anybody else have such a moment with technology. 4 times. 4 different times of night. Ikea got the time vaguely exactly right.

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So 4 times I've been awake and on my phone at night when I get an (Original Post) applegrove May 2019 OP
That is freaky. delisen May 2019 #1
IKEA? True Dough May 2019 #2
Then they go on to do an ad on my phone. So it is an ad. applegrove May 2019 #3
Maybe they've mistaken you for True Dough May 2019 #4
Ha! applegrove May 2019 #5
One ad that recently kind of freaked me out.. Flaleftist May 2019 #6
I kinda don't want to know how much they know about us. applegrove May 2019 #7
It's inbedded java script and your location finder defacto7 May 2019 #8
Solved!! applegrove May 2019 #9

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
6. One ad that recently kind of freaked me out..
Fri May 10, 2019, 11:45 PM
May 2019

I was watching Family Guy while on FB on my phone. Family Guy made some joke/reference to The Oregon Trail and right after that an ad on FB showed up on my feed for Geico and the ad had an Oregon Trail theme.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
8. It's inbedded java script and your location finder
Fri May 10, 2019, 11:58 PM
May 2019

used mostly by your phone's GPS. If they can find you they know what your time is. You can turn that stuff off on your phone until you need it. They always think I'm in Alaska because I spoof my GPS location and set it to Fairbanks.

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