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You've read the articles of Alexa listening in on your conversations, Google tracking your location, everyone tracking your browsing habits. The savvy person will usually take steps to block these attempts to track you. Block cookies, turn off location services on your phone etc.
I understand that any time you pay for something electronically there's nothing you can really do about how that business uses or shares your purchase habits and most people accept that for convenience sake. We all know that we are being tracked in every way possible; what we buy, what we like, what we watch, where we go and as a result you come to expect an ad popping up in relation to what you've been browsing or similar to a purchase you've made. However, every now and again you get that really uncomfortable moment where an ad pops up that's seems way too specific to be just coincidence. Facebook, seems to do this a lot where you're talking about a product and an ad for that product mysteriously pops up on your feed. This morning was another really weird instance.
Yesterday, my daughter and I went to Walmart and when we went in, we went through the garden center because my daughter wanted to look for a certain type of plant. When we were done looking at the plants we saw these plastic fiber Adirondack chairs. We didn't really talk about them much and never said what they were out loud. I simply sat in one and told my daughter that they were really comfortable. I also told her that I'd like to get some and maybe a side table for the patio. This morning I got on Amazon to look for a new dog water dispenser and this was the ad staring back at me as soon as I opened the app.
I understand that any time you pay for something electronically there's nothing you can really do about how that business uses or shares your purchase habits and most people accept that for convenience sake. We all know that we are being tracked in every way possible; what we buy, what we like, what we watch, where we go and as a result you come to expect an ad popping up in relation to what you've been browsing or similar to a purchase you've made. However, every now and again you get that really uncomfortable moment where an ad pops up that's seems way too specific to be just coincidence. Facebook, seems to do this a lot where you're talking about a product and an ad for that product mysteriously pops up on your feed. This morning was another really weird instance.
Yesterday, my daughter and I went to Walmart and when we went in, we went through the garden center because my daughter wanted to look for a certain type of plant. When we were done looking at the plants we saw these plastic fiber Adirondack chairs. We didn't really talk about them much and never said what they were out loud. I simply sat in one and told my daughter that they were really comfortable. I also told her that I'd like to get some and maybe a side table for the patio. This morning I got on Amazon to look for a new dog water dispenser and this was the ad staring back at me as soon as I opened the app.
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