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Old Aug 6, 2019 | 03:58 AM
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How smart this site is!!

The other day I mentioned something about a dentist in a thread and now the ads at the bottom of the page are for dentists! Wow, I have seen before that if I search on Amazon or Ebay for say a shop light I would get ads for shop lights for a week or so, but I never knew the search went on in this site and apparently into threads! It's the only mention of a dentist I have put out so it has to be from this site. I'll probably get those ads for a long time now since I mentioned it again! Be careful, you are being watched!!
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 04:30 AM
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Big brother is everywhere...
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 04:40 AM
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Son asks his father why does he speak so lightly at home? Father replies because there is artificial intelligence that listens to everything we say.

Son laughs, the dad laughs, Alexa laughs
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 05:52 AM
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Good reason to not have Alexa around.
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Greg Rogers
The other day I mentioned something about a dentist in a thread and now the ads at the bottom of the page are for dentists!
I'm going to input the word "prostitute" and see what ads start showing up at the bottom of the page.
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 08:38 AM
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As I read this thread the ad at the bottom of the page was for GMC trucks. I thought to myself, "Yeah, like I would ever buy a GM truck." Then the picture switched to the GMC truck towing an Airstream trailer. I mentioned to my friend last Saturday that I thought it would be cool to tow an Airstream with my Olds or my Ford truck. They'll still never get me to buy a GM truck.
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 08:50 AM
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Old Aug 6, 2019 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by edzolz
Good reason to not have Alexa around.
Agreed. My sister got me an Echo Dot for Christmas one year so the next year I brought it to a white elephant gift exchange and passed it off to someone else.
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 12:21 PM
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Use the internet?. Got a cell phone?. Make purchases with a credit/debit card?.
Big Brother knows what your interests are, where you are, and your spending habits. Probably better informed than your significant other......

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Old Aug 6, 2019 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jaunty75
I'm going to input the word "prostitute" and see what ads start showing up at the bottom of the page.
Ha! Too funny....
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 05:32 PM
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I use uBlock. It's FREE. It's OPEN SOURCE. I have NEVER received ANY advertisements on CO. Phrased differently >> I have NOT received one single advertisement - none, nada, nothing, Did I mention it's FREE?
Old Aug 6, 2019 | 05:43 PM
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I use 99,137 network filters + 47,145 cosmetic filters from uBlock. uBlock has banned\stopped the following (below) from the CO today - 7 or 38%. Since I installed uBlock (I'd have to look it up), it has banned/stopped 961,285.


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Old Aug 8, 2019 | 02:41 PM
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Old Aug 8, 2019 | 03:40 PM
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Old Aug 18, 2019 | 10:56 AM
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I do t even see the ads on websites. I mean, they literally don’t even register.
Old Aug 18, 2019 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jaunty75
I'm going to input the word "prostitute" and see what ads start showing up at the bottom of the page.
Probably be a funeral notification for Jeffrey Epstein. And btw screw google I’ve been using duck duck go
Old Aug 18, 2019 | 11:38 AM
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Oh yeah, almost forgot and just remembered my former coworker who had commented in a mtg when SPAM mail was being discussed how his e-mail inbox was filled with offers for weight loss, male-enhancement and hair growth drugs, Russian mail-order women and the like. Someone suggested how he could have said e-mails directed to his junk box and he said ‘he’ll no, those are all products I'm interested in!”
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