1/ Here's something troubling:

Two nights ago I was having virtual drinks with a friend on Google chats. He told me his wife was spending a lot of time enjoying making miniature kits. I'd never heard of them, and my friend explained what they were, and I said they sounded cool.
2/ Not cool for me (not my thing), but cool his wife had a fun hobby.

Starting yesterday I get this ad at the top of my page every time I open Facebook. I've never gotten it before, or anything like it, but now FB is *really* pushing miniature kits.

Here's the thing: Image
3/ I've already set all of my FB settings to maximum privacy on both my laptop and my phone. In theory, when I'm not on FB I should be a black box to them - by law, I believe. But I'm very clearly not. It seems they have *some* method to listen in to my personal conversations.
4/ Not a big deal in the specific, obviously. But pretty troubling in the meta.

Also: very creepy.

/end rant

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