When you watch these ads, the ads check you out

AP ^ | 2009-01-30

[hellbender]

Ever noticed the sneaky way Amazon accumulates info on your tastes and desires, based on what you have bought or looked at on their site, then makes pitches based on that data? Very creepy.

[TChad]

Reminds me of the film Minority Report.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I consider that the same as putting a camera in my bathroom.

[mathurine]

As long as we have the right to bear arms it doesn’t matter much what these techie-weenies do. They have no guts, and thus no glory

[TribalPrincess2U]

Yes and a movie. They have probably changed it by now.
You know how they like to change history.

[VoiceOfBruck]

Wait a minute, all I ever see is ads for Metamucil and Viagra... :)

[Richard Kimball]

I consider that the same as putting a camera in my bathroom.

Must resist urge to comment...

Must..resist...

Okay, I'm good.

[rabscuttle385]

Wait a minute, all I ever see is ads for Metamucil and Viagra... :)

Do they have John McDole in them? Lol.

[SparkyBass]

Big Bro is Watching.
What's the greatest joy?
The Joy of Duty!
Where are we going?
Planet 10!
When?
Real soon!

[EternalVigilance]

[EternalVigilance]

lol...you’re just a little quicker on the draw than me.

[jmcenanly]

You're thinking of Minority ReportIn the book, and more so in the movie, the protagonist was running from the police for a murder he had not yet committed. Along the way, advertisements were addressing him by name.

It occasionally gives me the willies when a clerk, to whom I haven't been introduces, addresses me by first name after I use a debit card, so I can imagine what Mr. Anderton felt like

[TribalPrincess2U]

Uh, resistance is futile. Uh, you will not resist. Uh, uh, you will not resist.
Uh, uh...I said you WILL NOT resist, damn it!

Yours Truly,
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[Richard Kimball]

BTW, on a serious note, I made this graphic for another thread, but it seems to fit here, also:

[TribalPrincess2U]

Ah you are a pro. Nice.

[Ezekiel]

Razor ads for men, cosmetic ads for women, video game ads for teens??? This is profiling people based on outward simplistic characteristics.

So what will they "project" to Muslims?

[going hot]

So what will they "project" to Muslims?

Goat smegma lotion to improve their body odors.

[Global2010]

;
long as it aint smellavision

[RoadTest]

“Big Brother Is Watching You”

The same technology could be used by the government to check conformity, or the lack thereof.

[sheik yerbouty]

Knives, axes, ammonium nitrate..