What Does Amazon Know About You? How to Check Your Own Account
Amazon data can tell a lot about you, especially if you regularly use its shopping, streaming, or other services. Montgomery isn't sure where the detail came from, but another user suggested it may have been ripped from a product review posted on Amazon.The original post went viral, with many other users beginning to dig into what Amazon thinks about them. One account that PCMag uses only intermittently for shopping returned zero results, as it hasn't learned enough about the user.Head to the desktop version of Amazon, click Account, and look for the section titled Ordering and shopping preferences > Your Shopping preferences.
- ▪Amazon data can tell a lot about you, especially if you regularly use its shopping, streaming, or other services.
- ▪Montgomery isn't sure where the detail came from, but another user suggested it may have been ripped from a product review posted on Amazon.The original post went viral, with many other users beginning to dig into what Amazon thinks about t
- ▪One account that PCMag uses only intermittently for shopping returned zero results, as it hasn't learned enough about the user.Head to the desktop version of Amazon, click Account, and look for the section titled Ordering and shopping prefe
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| Publication time | Thu, 08 Oct 26 10:04:38 +0000 |
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Amazon data can tell a lot about you, especially if you regularly use its shopping, streaming, or other services. Launched back in May, the About You page details what Amazon thinks it has learned about you through your habits, and a recent viral post showed some odd assumptions.In a post on Threads, Amazon user Megan Montgomery found the section in the app said they had "flat buttocks,” along with other, more typical shopping habits. Montgomery isn't sure where the detail came from, but another user suggested it may have been ripped from a product review posted on Amazon.The original post went viral, with many other users beginning to dig into what Amazon thinks about them.
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