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To: kingu

Thanks. How much does outlook mail track you??? You gave a good answer. I have flash blocked so at least I miss some advertisements i.e. brainwashing


22 posted on 04/10/2013 6:52:16 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: dennisw
Within 12 minutes of viewing an e-mail on an upcoming run I had registered for, advertisements started running for other runs. Within an hour of getting a message from my travel agent about a recent trip to Disneyworld, it seemed like every other advertisement on pages were screaming about huge discounts on reservations at Disneyworld. (that was actually what tipped me off...)

Cleared the cookies, went to the same site, and there were the standard generic advertisements. Went back to Outlook, then went to the same site, and once again, it was half a page full of Disneyworld advertisements.

It was pretty amazing, actually. Same computer, using gmail for years (booked the vacation, pictures, tons of activities scheduled using Google Calendar, used the android phones the whole time), but until that one message popped up on Outlook, rarely did I ever see a Disney advertisement except on forums related to Disney.

23 posted on 04/10/2013 7:13:36 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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