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    When I first posted here I talked a lot about silver. Now this site advertises JM Bullion silver to me. Does anyone else here see that advertisement?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Iskander View Post
    When I first posted here I talked a lot about silver. Now this site advertises JM Bullion silver to me. Does anyone else here see that advertisement?
    I don't...

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    The ads are personalized to you and what cookies you have on your computer.
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    Yep - what 1st said.

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    Clear your cookies. Then you can start all over. Oh, don't do it while you are signed on to the forum. You'll get logged off.

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    God help you if you ever google search "Chinese motor-scooter" !!

    And yes, the NSA is watching every post and keeping tabs on you at Walmart using the CCTV cameras, not to mention tracking every can of Campbell's soup you buy for the preps !!!

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    +1 on ccleaner, FinallyMe. It's the bees knees and it's free. Well, the free version is free and works great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iskander View Post
    When I first posted here I talked a lot about silver. Now this site advertises JM Bullion silver to me. Does anyone else here see that advertisement?
    LOL....Well, I'm seeing it NOW.....must be catching.....
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    Keywords. Once he typed in "silver" the ad program Chris employs (like most) will select keywords to display ads to the site. But cookies also will do it as described above.

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    who do there you mean silver plated chinese motor scooters.

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    see rick i told you did,nt believe me huh, i,ll pass out the tin foil hats now. remember just because your paranoid does,nt
    mean thier not out to get you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hayshaker View Post
    who do there you mean silver plated chinese motor scooters.
    Seems like a bit of a liability, you ask me. You'd come out of work and find your chinese motor scooter with all the silver plating chipped off.

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    But if you use ccleaner, be careful with it's registry repair tool. If your registry is too badly damaged in certain ways (by malware, etc.) but still works, fixing it can break it. This goes for essentially all registry repair tools, and should be considered more than anything a sign that it was a miracle that it was still working before the fix, but it's something to be aware of.

    The browser/tracking cleanup has never caused me any trouble though. It can also improve disk performance if you never clean your browser cache.
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    Ah that makes sense. I do have ccleaner but haven't used it in awhile. Probably about time.

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    Also remember that that will only help with browser side tracking such as that driven by or augmented by cookies. It won't mitigate methods like browser fingerprinting, IP tracking and correlation between them.
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    In other words, provide your big date marketing info like a good little ant.
    You can't go anywhere on the net without "Them" always looking for info to sell. Saw it right off way back when this intertoobs thing started. No one seems to care enough to regulate it.
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    Just don't search Norwegian porn. The ads you get may be scary.
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    Oh, great. She mentioned it now it will start showing up here. I'm putting a filter on my screen.

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