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TheGreenBastard replied

21 March 2018, 13:50
7 on Linux / Chrome / uBlock Origin
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Dark Black replied

21 March 2018, 13:12
Originally posted by BR14 View Post

4 on chrome/ linux

5 yesterday, 4 today - firefox (+ABP) /linux
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BR14 replied

20 March 2018, 20:11
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

5 for me as well on Safari

4 on chrome/ linux
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TheGreenBastard replied

20 March 2018, 16:12
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Still stand by my original quote. It's a bit like the Mary Whitehouse syndrome, you can turn your TV off in the same way you can ignore the ads...

So you're 100% resilient to all marketing, got it.
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darmstadt replied

20 March 2018, 16:03
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

It doesn't matter if you have a social media account, what matters if you are stupid enough to believe the targeted ads and posts...

Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post

OK, what's your point? Is all your unused social data falsified, Sue?

Nah, you and your data are the product as I said; as soon as someone advertises something to sell to you via your FB data you become the product (advertising is the primary reason behind profiling).

Still stand by my original quote. It's a bit like the Mary Whitehouse syndrome, you can turn your TV off in the same way you can ignore the ads...
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barrydidit replied

20 March 2018, 14:03
Originally posted by Bacchus View Post

Damn - I've got only five blocked.

There must be a dildo advert that is so subtle neither I nor the ad-blocker can't see it...

It's immediately below the text 'Erika is NOT a disguised employee'. HTH
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WTFH replied

20 March 2018, 13:55
Originally posted by Bacchus View Post

Damn - I've got only five blocked.

5 for me as well on Safari
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Bacchus replied

20 March 2018, 13:52
Originally posted by Jog On View Post

Did you use a web based email account? The text stuff sounds scary...

Pop email.

Plenty of examples in this BBC article - Is your phone listening in? Your stories - BBC News - but Facebook says it isn't them, so that's ok then...
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Bacchus replied

20 March 2018, 13:47
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

that's why I've got an ad-blocker, 6 ads blocked on this page BTW

Damn - I've got only five blocked.

There must be a dildo advert that is so subtle neither I nor the ad-blocker can't see it...
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Eirikur replied

20 March 2018, 13:37
Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post

You search for black mamba dildos on Google once and get a lifetime of Amazon ads selling the same thing!

that's why I've got an ad-blocker, 6 ads blocked on this page BTW
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TheGreenBastard replied

20 March 2018, 13:30
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

What is scarier you buy something completely off line, only used my credit card to pay and minutes later see adverts for the products you just bought on FB (happened to me a few times now)
So my credit card company must provide details to advertising agencies about my purchases, can't draw any other conclusions, once can be coincidence, but three or four times?

You search for black mamba dildos on Google once and get a lifetime of Amazon ads selling the same thing!
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Eirikur replied

20 March 2018, 13:22
What is scarier you buy something completely off line, only used my credit card to pay and minutes later see adverts for the products you just bought on FB (happened to me a few times now)
So my credit card company must provide details to advertising agencies about my purchases, can't draw any other conclusions, once can be coincidence, but three or four times?
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TheGreenBastard replied

20 March 2018, 13:10
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

You can have a social media account and not use it.

OK, what's your point? Is all your unused social data falsified, Sue?

Originally posted by cojak View Post

No, your data are the products. The consumer is the herd animal that is milked for the product.

We are the gift that keeps on giving...

Nah, you and your data are the product as I said; as soon as someone advertises something to sell to you via your FB data you become the product (advertising is the primary reason behind profiling).

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original PM replied

20 March 2018, 13:04
Originally posted by Jog On View Post

Did you use a web based email account? The text stuff sounds scary...

For a really scary thing - leave your mobile on and unlocked and start talking about a subject

then go to google something about said subject on your phone and see what google suggests as you type.

Then put your phone in a bucket of water, don your tinfoil helmet and go live off the grid!
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Jog On replied

20 March 2018, 12:57
Originally posted by Bacchus View Post

I got an email from my mother last year asking me whether I would mind cleaning her kitchen floor next time I visited as she had spilled a pot of coffee and can't see well enough to clean it up. Within a couple of days my Facebook page was littered with adverts for domestic cleaning services (which haven't reappeared)

Last summer I arranged, via text, to meet some friends in a London pub that I hadn't previously visited - which was suddenly advertised on Facebook - again hasn't been re-advertised.

Obviously cookies and things are fair game - try researching pensions on your PC and see how Investment companies suddenly springs to life - but email and text should be private. I certainly haven't installed any Facebook apps on the phone (and I use a crackberry so hardly fits the description of a modern smart-phone ) but they're getting the info from somewhere.

Did you use a web based email account? The text stuff sounds scary...
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