Targeted advertising

[Chappo]

Regarding recent discussions on scams and targeted advertising, I’ve noticed more than often that the ads on this forum can reflect what topics are currently being discussed.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing and the people that manage the forum would be silly not to include ads that they think suit their clientele but I laughed this morning when the top of page ads were for golf clubs!!! I wonder if these clubs are for sport or home security

[TassieTiger]

What scares me - is that some advertising I’m seeing is coming from verbal discussions I’ve had - nothing to do with topics or IT searches...bloody hell, if my phones really monitoring me - I’ll probably start getting penis enlargement adds again...soon.

[pomemax]

what freaked me I was at work on another persons computer showing him a travel sight in USA he was logged on in Google when i went home looking at some sight via Google and up pops the same sight as at work in an Add ,
Next day well away from any computer I was telling him about it he asked if I was still going to Nelsons bay for week end No we changed to port maquire back at his computer first site he goes to adds for motel in port what the fffffffffffffffffffffff

[on_one_wheel]

If it worries you than you need to make some changes to your Google account settings.

It's tied in with Google voice assistant

If memory serves me right, Google/account/security settings.

[Stix]

Yep...i hear ya...

Im a single man and these "booty" adverts popping up here are playing at my needs based vulnerabilities...!!!

[on_one_wheel]

Ok ... I found the article that I was looking for.
It's worth a read if your interested in how your phone is listening to you.

Here's the all important extract.
"First, you’ll need to be signed into your Gmail or Google account.

Once you’ve done that, type “history.google.com/history” into your web browser.

You’ll be taken to a hub which contains your entire digital footprint, so be careful, it could make for some interesting reading"



Click here to read the full article

[on_one_wheel]

history.google.com/history

Find activity controls

Find this

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Turn it off and once your done, you can safely remove your tin foil hat

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[Aster]

Hi all,

A bit of info for those interested, or with the inclination to go find out more themselves.

Advertising on the site is delivered via Google Ads. We also use Google Analytics.

(This has been the case since day one, and we do not serve ads through any other provider or use any other analytics package. Just FYI.)

The advertising which "follows" you is known as Remarketing.

In a nutshell, the way this works is:

• You Google about "blue fish"
• You visit Site-A about "blue fish"
• You receive a cookie from Google about that search/site visit.
• You visit Site-B, possibly from performing another search
• If this site serves Google Ads, you may see an advertisement for "blue fish"

That's the most basic of explanations, of course, but if you're interested in learning more about it for peace of mine, or whatever reason, 'Google Ads' and 'Google Analytics' are the two things to research.

[Stix]

Thanks for the explanatiin Aster...

I am technology challenged...infact, a trail cam is my hi tech...

This explains why, i see ebay adverts for "scope rings" on here, within a day or so of me having searched for 'scope rings' on ebay...