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On Sun, 21 May 2017 09:59:08 -0400, woodchucker
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On 5/20/2017 1:06 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article , lcb11211
@swbelldotnet says...

On 5/19/2017 2:18 PM, wrote:
On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 11:51:23 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 11:27:07 AM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Ah, but the data brokers aren't using the data to send you spam or
unwanted emails. They're using it to tune the set of advertisements
that are presented to you when you visit websites, to induce you to
click on the ads.

True enough. Like I said, too late for me. Shopping for tools, blades, extension cords, and all the other stuff I buy from a multitude of sources had allowed Google (specifically) to build a database that shows ads of not only what I have been looking for lately, but down to the brands I prefer.

After reading a long dissertation on the data collecting going on in Windows 10 AND Chrome, I disabled all I could with Win10 and quit using Chrome. But I still use Google, and a meta search engine that uses Google and Yahoo as a source, so I don't really know how much good I did for myself. I know that really it wasn't much.

Robert

Maybe I am an anomaly. I get various targeted ads when I click on Yahoo and maybe some other websites. I LIKE these ads to be from shops I spend money at and about products I want to buy or look at. I would hate to get ads about chiropractors or Chinese cooking classes. I like to see tool ads and other things I do. Sometimes I click on them because its a good sale on something I want. Win.

+1

The annoying thing for me is that I typically get adds for something I just
bought and may not buy again for 20 years.

Me too. Amazon does this all the time via email and ads.. WTF.
Actually having an issue with Amazon right now.
I bought a ton of stuff, and because of free shipping (I don't have
Prime).. They are waiting a week b4 shipping. I believe they trying to
force me to buy Prime, so they are letting the order sit a week.

Ditto. Worse, I accidentally pushed the "free prime" button. I gotta
get that straightened out.

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