InsuranceLeads Follows Me Around the Net

[Crabcake Johnny]

Privacy no more I guess. The new way Google is targeting ads is by your search patterns. Google knows I do a ton of insurance related searches so InsuranceLeads ads are now configured to appear on almost literally every site I visit. If other people visited those same sites they'd see different ads.

For example, in the non-insurance related forum there was a link to a Siobhan Magnus petition site. Click it and guess which ad appears.

This also means InsuranceLeads knows which sites I'm on all day. Well...not exactly. They know the breakdown of their click-throughs for each site.

Great, so now when I go to almost every site I have to start at the "InsuranceLeads" banner. Please, stop the madness.

Be careful where you're surfing during the day. Privacy is dead.

I asked a buddy of mine to go on those same sites but he told me I must be wrong since all he saw was penile enhancement ads.

But no kidding. When this becomes the norm, anyone will be able to look at your computer, see the ads and determine a lot about you.



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[somarco]

I asked a buddy of mine to go on those same sites but he told me I must be wrong since all he saw was penile enhancement ads.

I see those same ads.

Guess I need to do more searches for insurance . . .

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

M&M just called me and said all he sees are Fleshlight ads.

 

[YouGotMyMoney]

Have you tried logging out of your Google Account and searching...

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

No. I'm logged into Google all day. I can also search through other engines or I can use incognito mode on Chrome.

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure if they "know" you from info inside a cookie OR if they have logged your IP.

Try going to one of those sites using a (free) proxy server such as:

Hide My Ass! Free Proxy and Privacy Tools - Surf The Web Anonymously

If the ads come up, then they know you from cookies... so get rid of all cookies that are related to google (in Firefox you can do a search for them.)

Let us know.

 

[Crabcake Johnny]

Nice. I'm a huge privacy fan. I don't have anything to hide but that's not the point. With social media the lie being told me the more everyone knows about you the better off you'll be.

That would be the biggest lie on the net to date. The more people know about you the worse everything will become. This is especially true if you're an employee.

Does you boss have different political or religious views? If you and one other person are up from promotion, you think you're getting the job if he knows you visit hunting sites while he's a PETA activist?

The LESS people know about you the better - again, especially in a job situation. The only thing people need to know about you at work is that you're a hard worker and do a great job.

There are people on this forum I will never do business with just because of certain posts they've made. Certainly the reverse is true.

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

M&M just called me and said all he sees are Fleshlight ads.

Busted! Again...

 

[somarco]

Busted! Again...

Is it still under warranty?

 

[ksigmtsu]

Netquote and ringcentral follow me everywhere. I guess that means I'm not looking at enough porn or sports.