Man, I could really do with an ice cold Pepsi...

Thirsty yet?

Here's a new and disturbing approach to subliminal advertising... It's not really any different from the targeted ads in any other communications medium - all magazines, tv shows etc sell ad space to producers of products typically consumed by the target market... I find the most disturbing part is that the majority of people won't know this and if they find out, won't even be disturbed.

Company Will Monitor Phone Calls to Tailor Ads
Companies like Google scan their e-mail users’ in-boxes to deliver ads related to those messages. Will people be as willing to let a company listen in on their phone conversations to do the same? [more...]