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Mail Viewer,.. spam?


Braegnok

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Is any one else seeing a "Mail Viewer" pop-up at the start page,.. is this legit.

 

 

Edited by Braegnok

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That's strange it's a Google Ad,.. I clicked the [X] button in upper right hand corner and pop-up goes full screen or you can delete it,.. after clicking remove/delete several times,..it's instantly back next time I change pages.

 

Seems there is no way to opt-out or remove in the Ads settings,.. is Google running Ads based on user profiles :unsure: ,.. so OCC members see different ads based on there individual profile?  

 

 

 

 

Edited by Braegnok

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I'm pretty sure the ads are based on each user's priors Google search history and sites visited. I see mostly computer and auto related ads......both things I have searched for and sites I've visited.

 

BTW...Google is your friend....or at least knows you better than you're best friend!   :D

Edited by kyfire

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Browse in private mode or clear history/cookies...

 

AFAIK it is based on that data (history/cookies) that the ads are targeted to your... interests. :whistling:

 

Thus the term targeted advertising. Right now I've even had amazon ads with things I've recently searched for. Further example, though I didn't read the full article:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130349989

 

 

 

Firefox has private browsing, chrome incognito, internet explorer inprivate browsing. Google tracks pretty much everything too, even on youtube. Theres some supposedly safer search engines now such as duckduckgo.com.

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I just loaded Spybot-S&D and set all browser profiles to reject/disable third party cookies,..and switched browsers to Chrome Incognito,..  :thumbsup:

Edited by Braegnok

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  • 1 month later...

If the ad chosen is based off your google search history, why did my ad's always show sites for Trannies? I never searched for anything like that . . . .

 

OT though, stuff like that is why I clear my history with each exit. I don't like the idea of being pushed products though sometimes during a session, if something cool pops up like an ad for a new HSF from a manufacturer I like, I'll usually click it just for spec's cause that's about all the reading I do of late.

Clearing your history does nothing to get rid of targeted ads...

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