[Balding_Eagle]

A few weeks back my wife and I were talking about buying something that we’ve never bought before. The next time I went online a pop up ad came up for that item. No kidding.

One of you probably looked at one of those items online. From there (somehow) the information got to providers of that item, all of whom want to sell it to you.

By way of example; last Tuesday I looked for a very specialized switch on ebay, and at Radio Shack. Since that time, nearly every web page I bring up with advertisements on it that has that switch, and others similar to it.

Before that it was cowboy boots, before that it was other shoes, before that...............

Test it out yourself, go online shopping for a specific item, go to 5 or so stores looking for it. You'll see that item for weeks afterward on sites with advertising

[Chickensoup]

Test it out yourself, go online shopping for a specific item, go to 5 or so stores looking for it. You’ll see that item for weeks afterward on sites with advertising

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I clear my temporary files all the time and never have any tracking of this nature. My friends with apple equipment cannot do this.

[Einherjar]

Yep, just looked. my wife must be wanting a new dishwasher.

[GOPJ]

Did you see the story about our government selling our personal data to marketers?

That old ‘love of country’ thing is more nostalgia than reality... Jerkwads - those horrible control freaks in goverenment have ruined the country...(Hey you little sh*ts over at the FBI and IRS - and NSA - yeah I mean YOU)