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Deleting all your Tweets does NOT, in fact, delete that data from Twitter's servers, at least based on my "download of archive" of my account after deleting all my tweets. πŸ™„ #Twitter
in reply to AI6YR Ben

Not surprised in the least.

It's like a poker game: Once you put your money in the pot, it's no longer your money. It's best to fully aware of that with all these types of sites.

Also, do Facebook next, please.

in reply to john r red-horse

@jrredho I deleted Facebook long ago, after I figured out the snooping it was/is doing.

Me: Chatting about getting a pet dog with a friend in person
FACEBOOK: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY DOG FOOD?
Me: Mention medical condition in a private voice conversation
FACEBOOK: DO YOU HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION? BUY THIS MIRACLE CURE!

in reply to AI6YR Ben

@jrredho
My mom has noticed that when she talks about stuff with her friends in meat space, she starts seeing ads for related stuff on her iphone.
It made it a lot easier to convince her to set up a secret word/phrase (while out of hearing of any phone/electronics) for mutual identification.
Hmm probably it's the phones of her friends that are doing the eavesdropping... she puts her own phone in another room while at home and not using it.
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in reply to bjb :devuannew: :emacs:

@bjb @jrredho

It is called Active Listening, and Alexa has a patent on it.

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