Have you experimented to see if the FB Messenger app is listening to you?

A FB friend of mine wrote that he knows the FB Messenger app is listening because on two separate occasions, he discussed something obscure and shortly thereafter, received ads on FB for those things.

I had the Messenger app on my phone but deleted it. I forgot why but it was annoying. I can’t do this experiment.

Will you try it and see if Messenger is listening to you (if you’re also on FB)? Discuss some random terms you know you’d not normally be targeted for. Perhaps something like ” I want to buy a sewing machine” or “I think I have arthritis.” See what happens.