I have a nephew that is a full blown conspiracy theorist, like I mean it's consuming his life tinfoil hat, and my sister is really worried about him. Like he says, They're watching..... I don't mean HEF, I don't have a smart phone, but my wife and daughter do, and if I start talking about things around the house like tires, a new shop vac, , I suddenly get adds for this stuff. And I'm not looking stuff up on the computer, just talking about it. Some guys at work have talked about this happening in their homes as well. I wouldn't own one of those Alexa speakers. Young fella I work with said he and his wife were talking, and she said I wonder..... something, and google answered her. She didn't even say hey google. Hope they don't come for my last bottle of maple syrup I bought before the change.