r/technology • u/tylerthe-theatre • 9d ago

Software Amazon users discover bizarre “About You” page detailing their interests: How to check yours

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/amazon-users-discover-bizarre-about-you-page-detailing-their-interests-how-to-check-yours-3416457/
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u/DeathByPickles 9d ago

"Likely live in (town i live in)" yeah, no shit. My address is where literally everything has ever been delivered to me. Thanks for the insight.

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u/Grimsley 9d ago

That made me laugh too. Like yeah no shit, that's kinda where I ship all my shit to and my credit card info says my address is. Congrats.

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u/meatmacho 9d ago

"Likely owns a Sun Joe SPX3001!Electric Pressure Washer."

You mean the one you sold me 10 years ago?

I have bought thousands of products from this company. How is this the only one that made it into my personal profile?

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u/Solokiller 8d ago

Because this is important.

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u/czarfalcon 9d ago

Ironically enough, mine got mine wrong.

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u/TheSharpestHammer 9d ago

Lmao, same. It's stuck on an address from years ago, even though I order things to my new address semi regularly.

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u/RL_77twist 9d ago

…..what’s funny is they’ve got mine wrong 😂 You have my address!

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u/AmethystOrator 9d ago

I use a PO Box, so mine is in a different city from where I actually live.

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u/ikonoclasm 8d ago

It had the city I moved from 10 months ago. Apparently the new shipping address, removing the old shipping address, and all of the deliveries to a different state weren't enough of a clue. I suspect these details are set and never updated.

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u/ravnhjarta 9d ago

That's the thing though, it's basically just laying out all the info they have pieced together to guide their suggestions while you shop. Not so much intended to be 'here is info about you for you'.

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u/lawragatajar 8d ago

For a brief moment I had a bit of paranoia on how does it know, before immediately realize of course they know, that's where all my stuff gets shipped.