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    1. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 6
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      Yikes, the creepy online ads that follow your offline real world activities finally caught up to me after successfully evading this for 5 years. It appears to be a Bluetooth information leak exploited by the Twitter app to display an Apple App Store ad.

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    2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 6
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      It’s an App Store ad for GrubHub, shown while visiting a restaurant where a GrubHub van was picking up food. I’ve never used GrubHub and never seen an ad from them or Apple ever before. I wonder if this is Twitter exploring a Bluetooth info leak or if Apple is in cahoots.

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    3. ZackInTheHouse‏ @ZackInTheBx88 Feb 7
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      I think Apple is in cahoots for a lot of apps. I have mic disabled but while I had the app open I verbally mentioned a store I’ve never patronized, but received ads within the next scroll.

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    4. John Kearney‏ @HuntingFluff Feb 7
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      Replying to @ZackInTheBx88 @TimSweeneyEpic

      Same here! Have mic disabled but jokingly repeated Greece and Crete to my wife and that I'd love a holiday. A week later and my entire Twitter stream is filled with ads for Crete (never been - never seen any before).

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    5. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 7
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      Replying to @HuntingFluff @ZackInTheBx88

      That's the worst case scenario. One of you has an app running in the background with microphone access permissions which includes ad tech that is constantly eavesdropping on your conversations.

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 7
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      Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @HuntingFluff @ZackInTheBx88

      I've never seen this on iOS because I have no apps with background mic permissions, and no apps with background GPS permissions. If multiple people are together and each has GPS enabled, then voice eavesdropping on one mic can be tied to all participants.

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        2. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic Feb 7
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @HuntingFluff @ZackInTheBx88

          An important question here is how this ad tech eavesdropping data (which may often be gathered illegally) is laundered back to companies like Twitter and Apple which use the data to guide ads but presumably don't knowingly conspire in the surveillance.

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        3. John Kearney‏ @HuntingFluff Feb 7
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          Ooft! Important question indeed. My mic and GPS is disabled so it's interesting how I ended up with ads via Twitter. I haven't yet had a chance to ask my wife if she's noticed the same.

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