Originally Posted by
NZquilter
This happens to me all the time too, no matter what I was looking at on Amazon.
In the Mail article it mentions FB can tell if a user is planning to move, etc. I don't have FB. But the other week I was on the Penseke moving website, just browsing at what options of rental trucks they have for moving. For at least a week I got Penseke moving ads. Its not just FB. Everyone does it.
i don't shop amazon, ebay ..am not a member or visitor of fb, don't patronize
any google sites ..but when i shop for yarn on net i am getting ads for fave yarn site on every other site i visit. read the full article that was linked here. and please understand it's not just fb. it's google, facebook, yahoo any of them that do online advertising ...and they
all do! it's how they support their business activities in the net. it's part of the takeover attemps in years past of yahoo by google etcetcetc. it's been going on for years and years. the sites themselves have access, as noted in the daily mail article, to your isp number and any other info that you allow by allowing access to third party cookies. if you deny access to third party cookies, as i do, then you get "warnings" from all the pages you visit re: blocked third party cookies and how you should enable them. i don't. i ignore the the threats and warnings ..so far no access denied, pc or ipad haven't blown up.
the internet is a dangerous and invasive place to wander, shop & play. there are ways to limit access via blocking third party cookies ..but you will still be subject to invasive monitoring by facebook, yahoo, whatever ..
especially google! via site access to your isp number ..and there's few ways to block that.