Have you ever spoken about something in front of your phone, only to be spammed with ads immediately afterwards? Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Are companies listening to us? ABC reporter Angelique Lu runs an experiment to find out.

00:00 - Intro
01:35 - Setting up the experiment
03:02 - The experiment
03:49 - How companies can track you
04:00 - Cookies
05:19 - Browser fingerprinting
05:40 - Location
06:41 - Bluetooth beacons
07:36 - Psychology
08:44 - The results
09:01 - The verdict

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