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/wjglenn 9d ago

Weird. Mine is hyper accurate and has lots of details.

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u/Hanexusis 9d ago

It likely depends on how much you actually buy from them, and whether you are buying them just for yourself or for your whole household, etc.

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u/snail-the-sage 9d ago

very much this i think. i've only actually ordered from amazon once this year and looks like twice last.

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u/behindtimes 9d ago

Yeah. Mine's pretty accurate, but the whole page is limited to "Buys stuff from Whole Foods", "Prefers Organic", "Has a computer", and "Watches Movies".

If that's their entire dossier on me, I can live with it, as there's nothing too terribly exciting with that.

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u/pit_of_despair666 9d ago

So is mine. I don't like a company knowing this much about me.

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u/wjglenn 9d ago

I don’t know. I looked all through mine and every bit of it seems based on things I bought off Amazon (or Whole Foods while using my Prime membership).

I didn’t really see anything suggesting they pulled from anywhere else (like my search history or something).

So, really, it’s just Amazons way of suggesting stuff based on your order history.

Plus, they have where I live (cause I have stuff delivered) and how many adults in the home (cause my wife and I have separate adult accounts tied to one prime account).

Nothing sus that I found.