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how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
This bothers me to no end.
I will search for various topics, such as -chandeliers -Disney -wine
and then i notice advertisements appear on other non-related websites that are in relation to my previous searches.
For example, I just went on a health website looking up a certain issue, and I see an ad for an interior lighting sale at Horchow.
This happens constantly. What do you do again? Is this a cookies thing?
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Posted 9/10/11 10:36 PM |
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memi7206
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
I JUST started noticing this in the last month or so (Google Chrome)......it creeps me out.
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Posted 9/10/11 10:55 PM |
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by memi7206
I JUST started noticing this in the last month or so (Google Chrome)......it creeps me out.
right??
like, I guess it can be kind of helpful but then I noticed a pattern.
at first I thought I was going nuts, but I'm not.
I don't like it. There has to be a way to disable it.
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Posted 9/10/11 10:57 PM |
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memi7206
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Member since 3/11 2355 total posts
Name: Due Dec 29th!!!!!
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by memi7206
I JUST started noticing this in the last month or so (Google Chrome)......it creeps me out.
right??
like, I guess it can be kind of helpful but then I noticed a pattern.
at first I thought I was going nuts, but I'm not.
I don't like it. There has to be a way to disable it.
Its a form of torture bc its usually home decor items (which I have a slight addiction to purchasing) that Ive looked at on overstock.com or someplace - had the strength to resist purchasing and then they trail me, taunting me for like the next week!
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Posted 9/10/11 11:03 PM |
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Amazon has spies....I'll look at something, then a few weeks later I get an email suggesting something similiar I'd be interested in.
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Posted 9/10/11 11:06 PM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
It's called 'targeted online marketing'.
If you use gmail and haven't already noticed, they parse your messages and provide advertisements based on the text in your emails.
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Posted 9/10/11 11:06 PM |
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by memi7206
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by memi7206
I JUST started noticing this in the last month or so (Google Chrome)......it creeps me out.
right??
like, I guess it can be kind of helpful but then I noticed a pattern.
at first I thought I was going nuts, but I'm not.
I don't like it. There has to be a way to disable it.
Its a form of torture bc its usually home decor items (which I have a slight addiction to purchasing) that Ive looked at on overstock.com or someplace - had the strength to resist purchasing and then they trail me, taunting me for like the next week!
I have the same issue w/home decor.
What I noticed Overstock does now is if you look for an item a few times and never buy it and then finally just leave it in your cart without purchasing it, within a day a special "mystery" coupon code just for you will be e-mailed to you....and it always coincides with your item in you cart!
So, I had a comforter in my cart and never bought it and then got a coupon code for 10% off bedding!
.....I ended up buying it, then.
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Posted 9/10/11 11:07 PM |
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memi7206
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Member since 3/11 2355 total posts
Name: Due Dec 29th!!!!!
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by memi7206
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by memi7206
I JUST started noticing this in the last month or so (Google Chrome)......it creeps me out.
right??
like, I guess it can be kind of helpful but then I noticed a pattern.
at first I thought I was going nuts, but I'm not.
I don't like it. There has to be a way to disable it.
Its a form of torture bc its usually home decor items (which I have a slight addiction to purchasing) that Ive looked at on overstock.com or someplace - had the strength to resist purchasing and then they trail me, taunting me for like the next week!
I have the same issue w/home decor.
What I noticed Overstock does now is if you look for an item a few times and never buy it and then finally just leave it in your cart without purchasing it, within a day a special "mystery" coupon code just for you will be e-mailed to you....and it always coincides with your item in you cart!
So, I had a comforter in my cart and never bought it and then got a coupon code for 10% off bedding!
.....I ended up buying it, then.
oh god, I had not noticed this - now Im in trouble!
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Posted 9/10/11 11:08 PM |
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by Blazesyth
It's called 'targeted online marketing'.
If you use gmail and haven't already noticed, they parse your messages and provide advertisements based on the text in your emails.
I don't use gmail really, but is there any way to disable this?
Like I was looking up hair loss due to a medical issue I am having and then ads popped up for women-baldness products. Like it's never-ending and it feels so intrusive.
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Posted 9/10/11 11:09 PM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by Blazesyth
It's called 'targeted online marketing'.
If you use gmail and haven't already noticed, they parse your messages and provide advertisements based on the text in your emails.
I don't use gmail really, but is there any way to disable this?
Like I was looking up hair loss due to a medical issue I am having and then ads popped up for women-baldness products. Like it's never-ending and it feels so intrusive.
Look here: Google's Advertising and Privacy - includes opt out feature
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Posted 9/10/11 11:12 PM |
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by Blazesyth
It's called 'targeted online marketing'.
If you use gmail and haven't already noticed, they parse your messages and provide advertisements based on the text in your emails.
I don't use gmail really, but is there any way to disable this?
Like I was looking up hair loss due to a medical issue I am having and then ads popped up for women-baldness products. Like it's never-ending and it feels so intrusive.
Look here: Google's Advertising and Privacy - includes opt out feature
you are the best! thank you!
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Posted 9/10/11 11:15 PM |
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ElizaRags35
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
Posted by Blazesyth
Posted by LadyBugN2Buggies
Posted by Blazesyth
It's called 'targeted online marketing'.
If you use gmail and haven't already noticed, they parse your messages and provide advertisements based on the text in your emails.
I don't use gmail really, but is there any way to disable this?
Like I was looking up hair loss due to a medical issue I am having and then ads popped up for women-baldness products. Like it's never-ending and it feels so intrusive.
Look here: Google's Advertising and Privacy - includes opt out feature
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Posted 9/10/11 11:22 PM |
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Dani
Life is about choices.
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Re: how do I get my computer to stop stalking me
facebook games do it too! ugh!
Message edited 9/11/2011 10:22:50 AM.
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Posted 9/11/11 10:22 AM |
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