Posted on 03/09/2013 3:38:47 PM PST by Defiant
Facebook has announced that it's teaming up with four of the world's largest corporate data brokers to "enhance" the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as well as through offline means (such as through loyalty cards at supermarkets and product warranty cards). Through the new relationship with Facebook, companies will be able to display advertisements to Facebook users based on data that these data brokers have on individuals.
Here's how to stop them.
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But ZA uses Abine and the price is FAR lower, plus you get the entire ZA suite.
Nothing like a good old “enhanced ad experience”. ROTFL! Fools.
Think of how many teenagers are going to be haunted by what they have posted on social media when they are adults looking for jobs.
I don’t drink, but I type in the dark and sometimes....if the keyboard shifts position even a little, I screw up and then, if I don’t check the prepost, like I didn’t, well, you see how it goes.
Add to that I am dyslexic and double rhe whammy.
ZA also has a privacy test for facebook, but I don’t do facebook so I don’t know how good it is.
I go out of my way TO NOT BUY ANYTHING from an internet advertiser... why? encourage it..
Already You Tube is making their site less useful because of them..
VIMEO is better much better but still afflicted.. with ads..
Unless there is only one source for “whatever” internet ads should be “SHUNNED”...
I will not be.
You vill! Don’ be schtoopit!
That's not accurate. I get ads in Spanish too, and I have never ever searched for anything remotely pertaining to Spanish language, culture, music, anything.
All of my advertisements are for small, fast, fairly cheap foreign cars. Occasionally I also get a BMW advertisement or one for a Dodge Challenger.
I used to interview a lot of college students seeking employment with a major corporation. Back in 05/06 when FB was supposedly available only to .edu email addresses, we had corporate hacks into it.
It was a lot of fun to ask these kids about some of the pics and stuff they had posted.
I don’t find well targeted ads creepy, I find them useful.
I fell for one of those ads recently and wonder now how it will affect me. I thought I was getting a free meal at Cracker Barrel. They asked for my name and cell phone number. Too late did I realize that the ad had nothing to do with Cracker Barrel! It had to do with RIVILI or RIVIL or something like that. It was on Facebook. I am afraid now that I gave them something that would give them control or access to my phone information. I can only berate myself for this...
I think transparency is the key. They want to hide what they are doing from everyone, and make it hard for those who want to maintain a high level of privacy to do so.
Everybody seems to find out what they’re doing. And the best way to maintain privacy is on your own side of the keyboard. I enjoy FB but I have no illusions that anything I put there is completely public information no matter how I my settings are tweaked, so I don’t put anything on there I wouldn’t tattoo on my forehead.
And now suddenly, they're suggesting "Mature Dating".
THE NERVE!!
I mentioned a doctor visit, and my uric acid levels were high. Next ad was wanting participants for a gout study.
I said something about saxophone. Next ad is Woodwind nd Brasswind.
I said something about my time in the Marines. Next ad is for an online university for veterans.
A good friend has a beautiful Gibson ES-335 guitar. I said something about that, and the next ad was for Musician's Friend.
So add in all the idiots, and I just got tired of messing with them.
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