Am I being paranoid or are Google getting omnipresent?

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DaveB replied

10 May 2012, 10:48
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

It's embarrassing when the client sees all the adverts for puppies and dolly mixtures on my machine. And I dont even know what a butt pug is. honest.

It's a particularly ugly breed of dog I believe.
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EternalOptimist replied

10 May 2012, 10:22
It's embarrassing when the client sees all the adverts for puppies and dolly mixtures on my machine. And I dont even know what a butt pug is. honest.
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Sysman replied

10 May 2012, 10:14
Probably.

I tightened up my privacy controls when I started getting ads for data centre kit when following links from here to the Sun and Daily Wail.

Or even the sports pages in my local press.
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SimonMac started a topic Am I being paranoid or are Google getting omnipresent?

10 May 2012, 10:03
Am I being paranoid or are Google getting omnipresent?

I know Google advertising works with keyword searches, so I am quite often presented with ad's in my gmail account based on the contents of the emails I send and receive, however today I got an ad about engagement rings, this I have never emailed about, however I did get a text on my Android phone yesterday about someone saying they are getting their's valued.

Am I putting two and two together erroneously? Or are Google now reading my texts for advertising?
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