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Post by personunknown on Dec 19, 2023 14:36:03 GMT
OK, so I know if I visit websites for records or any other consumer item, I will get bombarded in my news feed with adverts for similar items from similar companies.
However, how does this one work? On Saturday I went into Iceland to buy a few bits. I very rarely visit this store and in there I paid by cash not card.
Since then my news feed and Facebook page has had almost a dozen adverts for Iceland Christmas offers. My phone would have been active whilst I was in the store.
Ideas?
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Post by doug61 on Dec 19, 2023 16:33:03 GMT
OK, so I know if I visit websites for records or any other consumer item, I will get bombarded in my news feed with adverts for similar items from similar companies. However, how does this one work? On Saturday I went into Iceland to buy a few bits. I very rarely visit this store and in there I paid by cash not card. Since then my news feed and Facebook page has had almost a dozen adverts for Iceland Christmas offers. My phone would have been active whilst I was in the store. Ideas? They didn't ask you to do an "on line" receipt, quite a few stores do now. |
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Post by personunknown on Dec 19, 2023 17:03:45 GMT
No Doug, I paid cash. My mate reckons it is because I have my phone GPS switched on. Certain shops have a wi fi tracking system and know what IP address units have been in their stores.
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Post by stu77 on Dec 19, 2023 19:40:54 GMT
Yeah I've heard of this kind of thing.
Even targeted ads when you enter the correct part of a city or town centre. Just creepy but gradually they can get us used to anything.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 19, 2023 21:27:20 GMT
Not heard of that before
Disturbing
I usually have my VPN switched on
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Post by doug61 on Dec 20, 2023 14:50:49 GMT
Need some kind of proper legislation against this constant tracking.
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Post by smogquixote on Jan 7, 2024 12:30:17 GMT
OK, so I know if I visit websites for records or any other consumer item, I will get bombarded in my news feed with adverts for similar items from similar companies. However, how does this one work? On Saturday I went into Iceland to buy a few bits. I very rarely visit this store and in there I paid by cash not card. Since then my news feed and Facebook page has had almost a dozen adverts for Iceland Christmas offers. My phone would have been active whilst I was in the store. Ideas? If you’ve got a smartphone and you walk into a business it has the same effect as talking about buying/needing a certain product near your phone and you’ll get targeted ads that way. |
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Post by personunknown on Jan 7, 2024 19:54:46 GMT
Does that business need specially installed hardware to detect my phone or is it Google (or other third party platform) picking up on my GPS location and targetting me?
These ads come up on my Facebook and Google pages but not Duck Duck Go.
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Post by smogquixote on Jan 9, 2024 21:06:38 GMT
Does that business need specially installed hardware to detect my phone or is it Google (or other third party platform) picking up on my GPS location and targetting me? These ads come up on my Facebook and Google pages but not Duck Duck Go. It’s not the store tracking you it’s the proximity of your phone to businesses. A funny story occurred because of this, my friend left somebody’s house and they had a Google phone and they got asked to rate “Sexy Sandra’s Escort Service”. As I was told; the neighbouring house was occupied by Sandra, lol! |
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