Reply to: Wife received email for me - how?

[Hobosapien]

This.

When you visit a website, the website often saves its own cookies to the local cache. But it also often saves what are called "third party cookies" - that can be read by other websites.
This means that you and the wife could each log onto different websites on the same machine (say you gmail, and her facebook), and third party tracking cookies left by each can be read by the other. This enables accounts, and therefore people, to become linkable across websites.

It is typically done for advertising- an example being where you might search Google for "fishing rods", for example. This information is useful to advertisers because they can then target adverts to you even on different websites, each of which has a vested interest in trying to get your money.

The remedy, if you want to prevent this, is to configure the browser to refuse websites permission to save third party cookies (i.e. only save normal "first party" cookies defined by that site.

A second thing you can do is, to enable something called "First Party Isolation", which does a similar thing.

What Is First-Party Isolation and How to Enable It in Firefox - Make Tech Easier

Is there a browser (such as that new Brave one) that has these settings on by default?

I think I've read that some browser plug-ins allow a default 'accept' but is there one that does a default 'decline'?

I hate those sites that have a pop-up demanding you click 'accept' to allow hell's spawn onto your device, or a convoluted 'decline' process where you have to deselect dozens of options for third parties that are part of that hell spawn. I only want to read one soddin article not set up a profile on each bloody website.

About time someone kicked the tulip out of this for the sake of user experience and delivered on the promise of an alternative to advertisement income for websites. Facebook, Google, and all the other data sucking scum are leading us to a place where a revolution will be required.

[GJABS]

Likely a tracking cookie from Travelodge picked up by TripAdvisor who then sent the email based on local settings.

This.

When you visit a website, the website often saves its own cookies to the local cache. But it also often saves what are called "third party cookies" - that can be read by other websites.
This means that you and the wife could each log onto different websites on the same machine (say you gmail, and her facebook), and third party tracking cookies left by each can be read by the other. This enables accounts, and therefore people, to become linkable across websites.

It is typically done for advertising- an example being where you might search Google for "fishing rods", for example. This information is useful to advertisers because they can then target adverts to you even on different websites, each of which has a vested interest in trying to get your money.

The remedy, if you want to prevent this, is to configure the browser to refuse websites permission to save third party cookies (i.e. only save normal "first party" cookies defined by that site.

A second thing you can do is, to enable something called "First Party Isolation", which does a similar thing.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/first...ation-firefox/

[WTFH]

Dare I look that up on urban dictionary?

If you do, make sure it’s not on a computer that is used by your wife or her lawyer.

[BrilloPad]

A gentleman brings his lover to a Premier Inn.

Dare I look that up on urban dictionary?

[Zigenare]

A gentleman brings his lover to a Premier Inn.

RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX ftw.

[Old Greg]

Your wife found out about your lover in the travel lodge and using this as a warning shot across your bows


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A gentleman brings his lover to a Premier Inn.

[BrilloPad]

it's like receiving adds on your mobile or computer browser when your wife looked at some on line shops. I happens when you share a modem

I must remember that excuse.

Browser says I was looking for ladies underwear because....because...because my wife was looking. Yeah. Definetly right.

[Eirikur]

it's like receiving adds on your mobile or computer browser when your wife looked at some on line shops. I happens when you share a modem

[Lance]

When weird tulip like this happens I think a GDPR Subject Access Request is in order.

You or your wife could craft one (in her name) and send it to Travellodge asking for all data held on your wife. Explain what has happened and tell them you want to find out how and stop it happening again.

They can't ignore it and will have to comply

THIS ^^^^^
except do two DSARs, one for each of you.
Or 4 and include Tripadvisor.
They have 30 days to respond.

Please report back the findings.

[CoolCat]

are you a member of the loyalty club for the restaurant next to the hotel? not travelodge in my case, but some hotels link my wife with me via the adjoining restaurant loyalty scheme.

[Hobosapien]

on the computer at home.

Likely a tracking cookie from Travelodge picked up by TripAdvisor who then sent the email based on local settings.

Hence why there's the annoying cookie consent pop-up bollox on websites that are looking to make money on tracking activity to sell on to others.

[JRCT]

Do either of you have a social media account e.g. Facebook/Twitter/Instagram?
Do either of you ever search on TripAdvisor?
Did either of you search for the Travelodge on a computer where she may have been signed in to a social media account?

There’s many different possibilities that don’t revolve around marital shenanigans.

She uses FB, I don't anymore (although I did)
I use Twitter, she doesn't
She uses Instagram, I never have.

She has an iPhone. I have an Android phone.

I don't use the Travelodge app because it's pants. So I just log in through the chrome browser on my Android.
We sometimes search for reviews on TripAdvisor if we're going on holiday or to a hotel/ restaurant, but not often and neither of us have an account with and have never booked anything through them. That could conceivably have happened whilst simultaneously logged into her or my email accounts on the computer at home.

[WTFH]

...I am still confused as to why I get divorced so often.....

Is it cause your wives can only stay drunk for so long, or that you sometimes take the paper bag off your head?

[SimonMac]

If a married couple are having sex, its probably not with each other.

I am still confused as to why I get divorced so often.....

We're not, we've met you

[BrilloPad]

There’s many different possibilities that don’t revolve around marital shenanigans.

If a married couple are having sex, its probably not with each other.

I am still confused as to why I get divorced so often.....