Spies Everywhere. What a Shock!
By Jo Ann
@akalinus (44041)
United States
October 2, 2018 9:08am CST
Last night, I saw an ad that really made me wonder what on earth is going on with the spies everywhere.
I forgot what the ad was for, but at the bottom of it, it suggested that I buy this thing for my boyfriend, Jerry.
Jerry was my husband before he passed on in 2016. I have never put his name online anywhere as Jerry. He had a family nickname that I always used online.
So how did the advertiser know that I was connected with Jerry? This really spooks me, I was astounded by how much they have intruded into my life.
What would you think if you saw something like that? Has it ever happened?
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8 responses
@topffer (42155)
• France
2 Oct 18
Possibly an old tracking cookie. The US has low standards when it comes to respect privacy, FB has been sentenced several times in the EU for intrusive cookies, they paid the fees and continued to use them. If it comes from FB it is useless to clean the computer, as the cookie will be back as soon as you will open FB, and preventing it to be installed would block FB.
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@vandana7 (101220)
• India
2 Oct 18
They are stupid spies ...they don't know that your husband passed away, and they do not know he was your husband. I think they got information from something that showed him as boyfriend...something before your marriage. If you want to waste time and money finding out who it was, be my guest. But I would say forget them, they still do not have puzzle in order.
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@akalinus (44041)
• United States
2 Oct 18
Yes, you are right. I'm not planning to spend time and money finding out. They did get it wrong so they aren't as smart as they think they are. It was just a shock to see that they knew the name. I wonder what else they will come up with.
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@JudyEv (346007)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Oct 18
That is a worry but there are some logical explanations in the comments.
