Why it feels like your phone is listening P.S It's not just your phone

Your phone isn't listening to you. It doesn't need to.In this episode, Kokeboi breaks down the actual mechanism behind why your ads feel so personal, from the tags that record everything you do on a website, to the cookies that follow you across the entire internet, to the device fingerprinting system that knows your Wi-Fi network, your language settings, your battery level, and your screen brightness.And then there's the part that made him stop mid-research.Meta has a profile on you even if you have never created a Facebook or Instagram account. If anyone in your contact list has ever allowed Meta access to their contacts and almost everyone has Meta already knows your number, your name, and who you know. They call it a shadow profile. And when you eventually do sign up, they already know you.The episode also covers why Google , which controls 65% of the global browser market and makes $264 billion a year in ad revenue, announced they were phasing out third-party cookies in 2022, again in 2023, again in 2024, and quietly abandoned the plan entirely in 2025.Is any of this actually worth being angry about? Or is the free technology a fair trade?Come with your conspiracy theories. Leave with the facts.Drop your take in the comments. Are you okay with this or does it bother you?