The Dreamer
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I have an Echo Dot with in built clock on my bedside cabinet, it's a great device for setting alarms, and generally asking Alexa what the weather forecast is etc.
This morning, I was sat in bed having my first coffee of the day, and quite unexpectedly in my right ear, got a touch of 'whistling' and a blocking out of all other sound. It only lasted a few seconds, but was unusual enough to mention it to my wife. Now I didn't mention tinnitus, I just described the symptoms, and that it had cleared very quickly - my wife, a GP, didn't seem concerned in the slightest. And that's where we left it.
I open up my emails a few minutes later, and, having never seen an advert for this before, there was an email, offering solutions to tinnitus!
Call me paranoid, but I think it's awfully suspect that I mention my brief hearing issue one minute, and a few minutes later, a random email from a tinnitus clinic drops into my inbox!
Could be a total fluke - I mean, if Alexa were listening all the time, then my inbox should be flooded with adverts for battery operated marital toys, and penis enlargers - oh wait...... j/k ( or am I)?
Anyway, just be careful what you say around your Echos. Now, where did I put that tin foil?....
This morning, I was sat in bed having my first coffee of the day, and quite unexpectedly in my right ear, got a touch of 'whistling' and a blocking out of all other sound. It only lasted a few seconds, but was unusual enough to mention it to my wife. Now I didn't mention tinnitus, I just described the symptoms, and that it had cleared very quickly - my wife, a GP, didn't seem concerned in the slightest. And that's where we left it.
I open up my emails a few minutes later, and, having never seen an advert for this before, there was an email, offering solutions to tinnitus!
Call me paranoid, but I think it's awfully suspect that I mention my brief hearing issue one minute, and a few minutes later, a random email from a tinnitus clinic drops into my inbox!
Could be a total fluke - I mean, if Alexa were listening all the time, then my inbox should be flooded with adverts for battery operated marital toys, and penis enlargers - oh wait...... j/k ( or am I)?
Anyway, just be careful what you say around your Echos. Now, where did I put that tin foil?....