Tom Crawford Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Yesterday afternoon I went to the Canon site (using Safari on my MAC) to look at Cameras, primarily the 5D but a couple others, for my wife. This morning when I went to this forum the first 6-8 or so adds were for the Canon model I looked at in the most depth and also the were a couple ads for Nikon high end cameras. Has the Ad service placed something on my computer or is it looking at my cookies each time I load a new page? I feel this is a bit more of an intrusion than I signed up for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Typical advertising that uses cookies or HTML5 local storage. You could try disabling cookies but then most sites will have reduced functionality. Better solution would be use Chrome and AdBlock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 1.) No advertising on the mobile site 2.) I use the Fluid App to create a dedicated browser for WTO. It only stores the one cookie and is insulation of a sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 3) I've given in to the reality that corporations are my big brother and they're watching me and I no longer care. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 The matrix has you. You should've taken the red pill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Crawford Posted December 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Thanks all. Eric you're right on your number 3. I guess my surprise was that I had not used Google yesterday and had assumed the ads here were brought by google and it used it's cookie stash to serve ads. Oh Well. And I don't mind the ads being here as I've learned to mostly not see them. I think the Canon ones today cought my eye because of the picture of the camera I was considering. I also just installed Little Snitch http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html and am surprised at how many different servers Safari goes to when I click on a topic here. Also there ALOT of different things going out on the net constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Does anyone else have porn ads popping up on the forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Does anyone else have porn ads popping up on the forum? Just in case anyone don't get it, we all know what Freddie surfs on the internet now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Just in case anyone don't get it, we all know what Freddie surfs on the internet now... I lent my computer to a friend and that's how I got it back I swear! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Does anyone else have porn ads popping up on the forum? You must be a premium member. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 You must be a premium member. Premium my %@$, that's elite... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 At least he is maturing. He knows enough not to blame it on his other half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottacat Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 The targeted advertising is done through the placement of tracking cookies on your computer. As a previous poster has suggested, use Chrome and install the free AdBlock extension. You can also go further and install another Chrome extension called Ghostery (another good one is called Disconnect, personally I run both) that blocks the placement of tracking cookies on your computer in the first place. Also find and ensure your browser has enabled 'do not track'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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