you are watched what you do

[opalred]

i watch YouTube a lot/ i watched some programs on  jade   over time no problem /one day i clicked on one in Chinese-short time now i have Chinese jade   ad selling jade breaking in all the time when watching YouTube you go to look at holiday place on internet you next loaded with ad selling places why cant we have privacy what we watch 

[stouricks]

Install Ad Blocker on your browser.

[alacrity]

Get a VPN. Not one that's free. Express VPN is excellent. I'm sure others can be as good but I haven't tried them.

[Sundown]

That's nothing. I can tell you something even more scary. Try to talk about some topic even without browsing internet or just by having your phone close to you. You will shortly find ads targeted to that topic. There are many videos that show this in detail. Basically your phone and computer spy everything you say. (Otherwise how they would understand ok, Google or hey, Siri? ????)

 

Look carefully what happens in this video

 

 

 

 

[tribalfusion001]

4 minutes ago, Sundown said:

That's nothing. I can tell you something even more scary. Try to talk about some topic even without browsing internet or just by having your phone close to you. You will shortly find ads targeted to that topic. There are many videos that show this in detail. Basically your phone and computer spy everything you say. (Otherwise how they would understand ok, Google or hey, Siri? ????)

 

Look carefully what happens in this video

 

 

 

 

Tinfoil hat, too much acid and weed it's not good for you!

[BritManToo]

Can't say I'm bothered, nobody else ever listens to me, I'm not that interesting.

[tribalfusion001]

In relation to the video, if you are using Google for search and you are signed in on both your laptop/desktop/phone then the search history is with Google not just on the device you are using. The same applies when using Facebook adverts which are tailored to you from your Google search history, lots of websites use Goolge adsense too.

[1FinickyOne]

29 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'm not that interesting.

see, we do have points of agreement... 

 

and actually, I feel the same way myself... 

[Catkiwi]

55 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Can't say I'm bothered, nobody else ever listens to me, I'm not that interesting.

With you Bro, My wife doesn't even listen to me so why would some random idiot at Google be interested.

Seriously, as all ready pointed out, there are add blockers, VPNs and cookie crushers available so a little research or a chat to a reputable IT specialist should get anyone sorted.

[johnray]

Yeah the mic listens as well.

[Sundown]

1 hour ago, tribalfusion001 said:

In relation to the video, if you are using Google for search and you are signed in on both your laptop/desktop/phone then the search history is with Google not just on the device you are using. The same applies when using Facebook adverts which are tailored to you from your Google search history, lots of websites use Goolge adsense too.

Don't need to use Google for search, your phone is always logged into Google and the mic gets data to serve targeted ads throughout all your logged devices. Same thing if you have Facebook application installed in your phone. That's why Google, Facebook etc are free, you are the product.

 

PS: Facebook does not use Google data to serve ads. In fact, they are two different companies in big competition. Facebook has enough data about you because you give them the info for free and they monetize it selling it to advertisers (what you click, likes, comments, where you check in, your GPS data, your mic data...etc etc etc)

Edited June 19, 2020 by Sundown

[RichCor]

1 hour ago, opalred said:

i watch YouTube a lot/ i watched some programs on  jade   [ ... ]

next loaded with ad selling places why cant we have privacy what we watch 

Did you pay to have those videos produced or were they somehow sponsored  ...and by 'sponsored' I mean the 'big' web services identifying and tracking pretty much every click you make in a browser to collect your specific interests to sell on as personalized metrics to ad agencies.

 

Not sure what you expect.

 

By the way, have you tried clearing your browser history (Browser history, Cookies, Cache) and see if that changes what ads get served up? Sometimes the algorithms only use stuff matching recent history, other times it's what their servers have collected on you over the years.    

[lust]

1 hour ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Tinfoil hat, too much acid and weed it's not good for you!

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’re +65 years old? 

[yuyiinthesky]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Can't say I'm bothered, nobody else ever listens to me, I'm not that interesting.

Don't be so modest, you have a lot other people are interested in getting.

First of all, your money!
Knowing what taste you're probably interested in makes it easier to see you snake oil with that taste.
 
And then, more and more, your vote in the next elections.
Knowing what you like, or don't like, will make it easier to suggest voting for a candidate because of something you like, or knowing what you don't like makes it easier suggesting to not vote for a candidate because what you don't like gets associated with him.

Look at the last US elections, that is what Facebook and Cambridge Analytica did to get the looser to win just enough votes more so he could get into the white house. Can they do it again?
 

Edited June 19, 2020 by yuyiinthesky

[Catkiwi]

Browser settings and browsing history clearing can help for sure. Lots of options in there that are pre set but can be changed to give far better privacy. in my humble definitely non tech opinion...????

 

[tribalfusion001]

1 minute ago, lust said:

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’re +65 years old? 

Nope wrong, more of a sniff man and E years ago.

[BritManToo]

6 minutes ago, yuyiinthesky said:

And then, more and more, your vote in the next elections.

I haven't voted for 20 years.

Last time I voted, it was for Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party.

Doubt I'll ever vote again, unless they start having a box 'No suitable candidate' on the voting forms.

 

As for Ads ........ I don't see any, ad blocker on my browser plus FaceBook Purity removes them all.

All my television and movie viewing is from torrent downloads, so no Ads there either. 

Edited June 19, 2020 by BritManToo

[Catkiwi]

3 minutes ago, yuyiinthesky said:

Don't be so modest, you have a lot other people are interested in getting.

First of all, your money!
Knowing what taste you're probably interested in makes it easier to see you snake oil with that taste.
 
And then, more and more, your vote in the next elections.
Knowing what you like, or don't like, will make it easier to suggest voting for a candidate because of something you like, or knowing what you don't like, makes it easier suggesting to not vote for a candidate because what you don't like gets associated with him.

Look at the last US elections, that is what Facebook and Cambridge Analytica did to get the looser to win just enough votes more so he could get into the white house. Can they do it again?
 

Jeez they all come out of the wood work at this time of night. Way off track Pal, have another puff of the pipe and get looser to win!

[tribalfusion001]

19 minutes ago, Sundown said:

Don't need to use Google for search, your phone is always logged into Google and the mic gets data to serve targeted ads throughout all your logged devices. Same thing if you have Facebook application installed in your phone. That's why Google, Facebook etc are free, you are the product.

Can't say I have ever had a conversation or spoken near my phone and it's tailored the ads for me.

 

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/02/24/is-your-phone-listening-to-you/

[Catkiwi]

6 minutes ago, lust said:

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’re +65 years old? 

No minimum age limit on acid and weed Bro. 

[Dumbastheycome]

13 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Can't say I have ever had a conversation or spoken near my phone and it's tailored the ads for me.

 

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/02/24/is-your-phone-listening-to-you/

Vell yez of  coz ! You haf zee telefon but never do  you speak innit!

Dis iz vy vee  inventened face recognisun ! Vee haf obzerved  yoo zumtimes  look at   it !

Velcum !

[Catkiwi]

8 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Vell yez of  coz ! You haf zee telefon but never do  you speak innit!

Dis iz vy vee  inventened face recognisun ! Vee haf obzerved  yoo zumtimes  look at   it !

Velcum !

Was that written with a Russian or German accent? ????

[tribalfusion001]

30 minutes ago, Catkiwi said:

Was that written with a Russian or German accent? ????

Polish.

[DaRoadrunner]

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Can't say I'm bothered, nobody else ever listens to me,

Especially the wife.

[Catkiwi]

13 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

Polish.

Ok, now it's getting a bit ridiculous, It was snot polished.