Algorithmic pattern recognition for beginners:
Use your phone for specific interactions
In the real world have an activity or something entirely separate that you do not use your phone for
Keep track of your searches and note the changes to your ad content and the time it takes to kick in
This can most easily be observed when using a new platform for the first time, most easily on Pinterest, when you pin something your feed updates and adjusts
This can also be observed as you go across platforms, normally these updates will occur within 24 hours
Here's a little test for you to try:
Start googling something you do not have a personal interest in that is available for purchase, it is helpful if you choose something designed for the opposite gender, or any trait that simply does not fit your personal profile as it will make it easier to stand out and more easily noticed
Once you have this experience behind you, you will start to see the more subtle patterns that are used from your genuine interactions as they will follow a similar pattern, only now you will be more able to recognise when the update occurs
Sometimes it is easier to see something when it doesn't apply to you personally, I have been messing with my own marketing profile for years using red herrings all over the place to reduce its effectiveness
When you are able to see and recognise this pattern, if you have not done so before I would like you to look up how targeted marketing is created
The simplest explanation that can be offered prior to that is the well known concept of what they do inside Casinos in order to manipulate you into relaxing and therefore being more willing to part with your money
Understanding how these methods are used in terms of colour, linguistic terms, advertising placement location, music associations, celebrity endorsements, even smell and temperature will help to give you an insight into just how insidiously your online profiles are able to be used to target and manipulate you, as your smart phone creates a direct line to your movement, activity, as well as your opinions on everything from what brand of flour you buy through tracked purchases all the way to your political beliefs
Something like targeted adversarial harassment can also be used to do things like create psychological panic triggers to manipulate your online behaviour into creating content and can also be used to manifest radicalising people
I offer this insight with the hope that you will gain some personal benefit from it and how you may be able to protect yourself and other from it through understanding how it works in simpler terms you can observe yourselves
Think John Oliver showing his dick pic to Snowden
(Just in case anyone was wondering why they're trying to ban kids off Twitter because the entire process can now be automated via AI)
