LogFAQs > #979304847

I swear I've had multiple times where I talked about something in a room with no computer, no smart phones, no Alexa or anything, with the only possible piece of technology that could potentially "listen" being my TV that isn't actually hooked up to my network.

And then shortly after I'd start getting YouTube videos recommended to me that related to the thing I was talking about in some way. Or YouTube would start showing related ads (like the time I needed a plumber and I started getting ads for local plumbers). Where it should have absolutely no idea that I need that thing even coincidentally.

What makes it even worse in my case is that I deliberately don't use an account for YouTube and I don't use Google for anything else (I even avoid Chromium-based browsers), so I can't even assume that YouTube is somehow reading my Google searches or email or whatever and then linking that data to my Google/YouTube profile.