Title: A few days ago we had this thread [0] where someone asked about a Facebook ad that arrived mysteriously on their page. I saw several possible explanations for this in the thread. Later I found a post by Facebook [1] stating explicitly that it does not use the microphone for ads. I was satisfied, until last night.<p>Last night, while we were at home, my wife mentioned to me that she would like to get a storage box to hold her external hard drives. She described her ideal one as a metal box with some sort of foam to hold the drives in place. She had never searched for something like this before and wasn&#x27;t even aware that something like this existed. A couple hours later, an ad for such a product landed up on her Facebook page. I was a little freaked out.<p>So, do you have any examples of where something like this has happened to you? Am I being paranoid and this is just a coincidence? Or could Facebook actually be listening in on us?<p>[0] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13597225
[1] http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newsroom.fb.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;h&#x2F;facebook-does-not-use-your-phones-microphone-for-ads-or-news-feed-stories&#x2F;
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