I'll just put on my tinfoil hat A few months ago we looked after our daughter's doggie. At no time did we google anything about doggies, go to websites, etc., but I started to get incessant doggie ads on Fb, ggle search The only thing I can put it down to are our phones, and the Alexa in the kitchen

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I was offered, repeatedly, the chance to install a Google AI assistant on my Pixel. I had a look at what it would do and yes, listening to you was one of those things. Always check permissions when installing an app and make sure access to your microphone, camera and location are turned off.

Did your daughter come over? The other explanation I've heard is that they're assigning interests based on extended geographic proximity to someone else with the recorded interest.

I wouldn't be surprised