These banner ads just got very creepy

[OneDay]

OK, so I've got used to the banner ads telling me I can start my own forum or give people potato badges.

But... earlier today I was browsing bluetooth headphones on Amazon. And then tonight the banner at the top of the forum was an advert for - bluetooth headphones on Amazon
The internet is watching me

[Deleted]

clear your cache/cookies etc, you only need to be worried when you are shown adverts of a pr0nographic nature

[Chrissie]

Aug 29, 2013 20:54:05 GMT OneDay said:

OK, so I've got used to the banner ads telling me I can start my own forum or give people potato badges.

But... earlier today I was browsing bluetooth headphones on Amazon. And then tonight the banner at the top of the forum was an advert for - bluetooth headphones on Amazon
The internet is watching me

OneDay areyou sure that was on this forum? PB support have told me that the only banner ads that will be displayed here are their own.

[djs]

The internet IS watching you.

I logged onto a computer 200 miles away from home. I didn't go anywhere near an email account or facebook or work-related stuff.

I did however log onto AAEC, and log off.

Whilst I was looking at some products on an e-cig website, there was a link to "like this on facebook".....
I thought that was odd....and that if I chose to "like it on facebook" then I'd need to log in to facebook.

So, I clicked on "like on facebook" and guess what? My page came up....and a "is this you? please log in."

Google and/or facebook KNEW it was me from the websites I'd visited. Scary.

[djs]

Oh....and I get E-Lites banners wherever I go on the internet too.

I got these on a public/shared computer just by visiting the "wrong" combination of sites in a row.

[gunbunny]

Its malware oneday, get malwarebytes and use firefox to browse the web, it blocks pop ups clears your computer
download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html


www.mozilla.org/en-US/

Hope this helps

[OneDay]

Chrissie yes it was AEEC
gunbunny I have Malwarebytes on my PC, love it. This happened on my Android tablet. That has AVG on it and it's reporting no issues

[chrisjw]

Aug 29, 2013 20:55:38 GMT digiw0rx said:

clear your cache/cookies etc, you only need to be worried when you are shown adverts of a pr0nographic nature

I have a "friend" that visits such sites........Is that true?..........................

[Deleted]

Aug 30, 2013 7:06:56 GMT chrisjw said:

Aug 29, 2013 20:55:38 GMT digiw0rx said:

clear your cache/cookies etc, you only need to be worried when you are shown adverts of a pr0nographic nature

I have a "friend" that visits such sites........Is that true?..........................

Ever get ad's for mail order brides? haha

[gaura]

You can opt out of targetted ads by yahoo google etc (mostly they are google i think and there is an option in your g a/c settings to turn them off) More details here

By the way, currently in development are screens on streets that will also display targetted ads as you walk past....lol....imagine how embarassing if you have been searching for haemorroid treatments or the like..suddenly everyone on the high street will know it!

more info on that here

[Jen]

That's what cookies do, some of them - they recognise you and they're sending anonymised data back to Google (Analytics) and a whole host of other companies that pay for the service who, in turn, use it to advertise at you. You can take measures against it if it really bothers you, such as Firefox's pr0n private window mode or some bits of software and so on. But that's kinda the price you pay for the internet and a lot of sites being free.

Tis the old adage - if it's free, you are the product.

[fiddles]

I regularly get emails about penis enlargement products What I want to know is how did they know?