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Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-03-22 14:41, badgolferman wrote:
>> Yesterday my friend who sold me the 2002 Honda Goldwing GL1800 showed up at
>> my house while I was working on the motorcycle. I asked him if he had ever
>> changed the alternator on this bike and he told me had changed it on the
>> 2008 Goldwing he once owned, but not this one.
>> 
>> Today while I was watching YouTube, a video showed up in the feed titled
>> “GL1800 alternator replacement”. How does this happen and what apps or iOS
>> settings should I check?
>> 
>> I have Chrome and YouTube, but the microphone is disabled for both. I do
>> not have Google Search app. The microphone for Siri is enabled. I have not
>> searched for this video and do not need the alternator replaced.
> 
> Ah!
> 
> Paranoia!
> 
> 

Regardless of whether you think I’m paranoid, this incident still happened.
Even my wife has complained about exactly such things happening except with
apps like Facebook and others. 

So how and why does this happen? What possible settings could be involved
that Google knows what I’ve been talking about to others in my garage?

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listening badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-03-22 21:41 +0000
  Re: listening Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-03-22 19:42 -0700
    Re: listening Johnny LaRue <xxxxxx@yyyyyy.zzz> - 2025-03-22 23:56 -0400
    Re: listening badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-03-23 11:26 +0000
      Re: listening Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-23 17:36 +0000
        Re: listening badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-03-23 17:50 +0000
          Re: listening Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-23 18:12 +0000
            Re: listening "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-03-23 18:43 +0000
      Re: listening Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-03-24 17:48 -0700
        Re: listening Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-25 07:27 +0100
        Re: listening badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-03-25 09:25 +0000
          Re: listening Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-25 13:31 +0100
          Re: listening Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-03-25 08:57 -0700
  Re: listening Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-03-23 11:05 +0100
  Re: listening Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-23 17:29 +0000

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