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This year we’ve gotten one question more than any other from listeners: is Facebook eavesdropping on my conversations and showing me ads based on the things that I say? This week, Alex investigates.

Further Reading

Our guide to keep Facebook from following you around the internet can be found at http://replyall.limo/donttrackme .

Facebook's official statement that it is not listening to users.

Facebook's Rob Goldman (no relation) denying the same thing.

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Continued: Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.

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Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.

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This week, we help Alex Blumberg understand why a Google engineer ended up complimenting the KKK, and then Yes Yes No turns bizarro.

Further Reading

James Damore's unedited memo

Links to all of the tweets or stories mentioned in Yes Yes No can be found at http://yesyesnos.tumblr.com

Article about Kevin Durant (includes screenshots of his tweets)

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Phia helps a listener track down a mythical, vanished video game.

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A woman in New Jersey is getting strange phone calls to her office from unknown numbers. Every time she picks up, she finds herself eavesdropping on the life of a different stranger. Unsure what else to do, she calls in Super Tech Support.

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This week, Alex and Damiano take a trip. This is the conclusion of last week's episode, Long Distance.

Further Reading

Snigdha Poonam's story on tech support scams in the Hindustan Times

If you suspect you are a victim of a tech support scammer, you see a suspicious pop-up, or get an unsolicited tech support email, you can make a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission by following this link, or by contacting the company that the call center was impersonating directly.

Microsoft fraud report page

Apple fraud report page

Microsoft did a global survey of tech support scams in 2016, and the results are pretty interesting. You can find it here.

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This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman.

Further Reading

If you suspect you are a victim of a tech support scammer, you see a suspicious pop-up, or get an unsolicited tech support email, you can make a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission by following this link, or by contacting the company that the call center was impersonating directly.

Microsoft fraud report page

Apple fraud report page

Microsoft did a global survey of tech support scams in 2016, and the results are pretty interesting. You can find it here.

Oh, and don't be like Alex. Never let some stranger remotely connect to your computer.

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A man takes on an impossible job: fixing the place you go before you die.

Further Info

Bill Thomas's website

Bill Thomas on Twitter

Tammy Marshall at The New Jewish Home

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An online diary used by American teenagers confronts a strange and terrifying enemy.

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