Do You Ever Find It Spooky?

@porwest (90871)
United States
June 20, 2018 5:58pm CST
MyLot's advertisers know where I am. Of course I am in Wisconsin traveling on business. But it knows where I am. It gave me a Milwaukee Brewers ad. Do you ever find it spooky that when you are online it knows what you are doing, what you are searching, where you are hanging out, and where you are? I really don't. I know it is just the way it works. Yet, still...
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
21 Jun 18
Yes, but I got used to it... it collects data about everything we're doing
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
21 Jun 18
There is nothing we can really hide anymore, that's for sure. It comes with the territory.
@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
23 Jun 18
@porwest yes that's sadly correct my friend
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
2 Dec 18
@saritflor Sarit, how are you and want to wish you a Hannuka Sameach.
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@JudyEv (339931)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Jun 18
They certainly seem to have a good idea of most things about me. And yes, it is a worry.
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@JudyEv (339931)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jun 18
@porwest When we leave the country to visit our son in Ireland, social security know immediately and our pension drops after six weeks overseas. We don't need to tell them we're going. They know.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
28 Oct
@JudyEv Weird it would effect your Social Security. I am sure that doesn't happen here. Even for people who move outside the country when they retire.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
21 Jun 18
It's part of the deal, I think, when we expose ourselves to online activity. At the end of the day I really don't see a way around it. Even when you go to a grocery store they are essentially tracking your habits—directly or indirectly.
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
Uhm I haven't noticed this. Let me check if I have the same coincidence.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
21 Jun 18
I am sure you do. If you are on the Internet, they are tracking everything. Trust me.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
28 Oct
@Shavkat I think 99% of the emails I ever get are all SPAM. A lot of time is wasted deleting crap.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
21 Jun 18
It's always been like this. Everything we do is recorded.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
21 Jun 18
@porwest You're right, dear friend.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
21 Jun 18
Well, I am not sure it has always been like this. But certainly in the computer age much more data can and is collected, used, sold, and our privacy becomes less and less and less.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jun 18
There are no secrets anymore. Everything you do is monitored by the Internet.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jun 18
@porwest That's sad but true.
@porwest (90871)
• United States
21 Jun 18
Very true. Never before has the term 'big brother' been as real as it is today. It is what it is I suppose. There are days when I swear they know more about me than I know about me.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
29 Nov 18
@porwest I guess I have never thought about it.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
2 Dec 18
@porwest That is very different. There is something on my TV that I can ask questions to put things up.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
1 Dec 18
Even my phone will now ask me questions like "How was Walmart?" THEY know where we are, what we do, and where we go.
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@freak369 (5113)
• United States
28 Oct 18
A lot of it is based on cookies and your viewing history at other sites. When I clear my cache out and delete cookies I end up with a lot of random adverts
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
3 Nov 18
Maybe I need to clear them.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
It's because of website cookies that attaches whenever we browse, these cookies can track some of our online activities.
@TheHorse (218828)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jun 18
Yeah. But the funny thing is that no humans are involved.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
21 Jun 18
I think its a little creepy, my daughter got a new phone last wk and after she had it for a few days it asked sent her a message asking " I see you typically go to bed around 2 am, would you like me to make you a to do list before you go to bed". Now I'm sorry but that is creepy that her phone knows what time she goes to bed and to make her a list.
@Icydoll (36717)
• India
21 Jun 18
Yeah sometimes..they collect data everything.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
21 Jun 18
They do. Boy, they sure do know quite a lot.
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