I am still new regarding privacy and all that, so i am sorry for any mistakes/ newbie questions.
I and my friends were talking on Discord regarding the Oxenfree plot (a game about a time loop). One of the plot points mentions a submarine. To his surprise, He received a youtube recommendation about a nuclear-powered submarine as shown:
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f6031b89-88be-49db-86b9-af090d959a2b.png)
he was a bit spooked about this and asked if Google is listening. I asked about his browser and extensions, to which he answered that he's using google chrome and the extensions below:
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d683576f-7804-44c6-8e3f-862196bb898e.png)
my question is: how did this happen, and what should he do next to avoid this happening again?
thank you in advance.