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They Are Watching
I clicked on a link to the best hiking trails in each state which went to outsideonline dot com. Like most websites they hit me with the we-use-cookies notice with the option to click on their tracking policy. I clicked.
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04-18-2019, 12:16 AM | #2 | |
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... continued.
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04-18-2019, 03:40 AM | #3 |
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Nah, this is all harmless. Shouldn't concern anyone for any reason.
You just don't understand science and technology. Because you are Amish. Not that being Amish is a bad thing. |
04-18-2019, 08:33 AM | #4 |
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In my entire online life I have only heard one way tracking wound up being bad for somebody: when they got ads that they wanted to hide from other people for reasons. Like, person A researched pregnancy and got pregnancy-related ads, and person B didn't know person A was pregnant until they watched over person A's shoulder when they were using the web.
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04-18-2019, 11:12 AM | #5 |
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I use adblocker but disable it for my regular sites and any newspaper site I land on through a link. yesterday one of my favorite pens ran out of ink so I went to the pen suppliers site looking for a refill but they didn't sell them. Latwer I was on a site where I don't use adblocker and suddenly I'm getting a banner and a side ad from this pen company that were multicolored and FLASHING. Arrrgg
But for the most part, if that's the way they can make a living have at it. I also wonder what they aren't saying, not paranoid, just curious. I was surprised at the depth of the spit swapping between the different tracking outfits but as long as they don't tell Mom, fuck it.
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04-18-2019, 11:47 AM | #6 |
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I like Ads that are based on my internet searches.
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04-18-2019, 05:00 PM | #7 |
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I totally mess with them, searching for all sorts of weird products from work so I can get photo samples of their packaging to submit to the PTO.
Sad thing is, it's my clients who end up spending money trying to sell me shit after I look at their stuff. |
04-19-2019, 12:03 AM | #8 |
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They won't take it personally you're just one of the fish that didn't swim into the net.
I don't pay much attention to the ads, but one I remember when I was looking at tires, settled on one brand/model, looked online to see who stocked them and went out and bought them. For six months I got ads for that tire constantly.
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