OK...this is strange. Last night, I commented in Facebook about "pocket" air conditioners...

[First Speaker]

...the ones that will cool off a single person, or an small area of the room, instead of a whole room. The post was in the context of a discussion of ACs of the future, and how the world will--or will not--keep cool in the warmer world of the future. Just another Facebook comment, OK? Now--today, I come onto good old DU, and what do I find when I hit "DU Lounge"...but ads for pocket air conditioners, up at the top of my screen? I guess I knew in some sense that this sort of thing was happening...but it's a little spooky, all the same. Good old Facebook...

[CentralMass]

1. I hacer never both to look into the specific but i belive that when

you vist most website that use "cookies" and your browser is accepting cookies.
"A cookie is a small amount of data generated by a website and saved in the simple text file by your web browser. Cookies are mostly used for carry data from one particular session on a specific site to another. ... Third-party cookies: these are set by third parties and are used for things like advertising and tracking.May 28, 2018"

So when you visit some site coolies are stored on your ddvice and somd of those cookirs can be "mined" by other sites you goto. You can browze with an incognito browser or clear your cookies.

[Newest Reality]

2. Ah, there is a lot of tracking going on all the time!

Your online activities are tracked in many ways. If you find that unsettling, you can look into simple ways to stop that, but the cookies from sites like FB are a problem in themselves.

Firefox has the capability to indicate the trackers and automatically turn tracking off.

[trof]

10. Isn't that a rock and roll song?

There's a Whole Lot of Trackin' Goin' On?

[Kali]

3. it is your browser history

you will see even more "coincidental" ads on faceplant.

you can join DU for a very small amount and be ad free. https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=star

[Apollo Zeus]

4. I made a music video for a Blues singer with a background in Burlesque

Released it to her YouTube channel. Never commented on her body type, etc.

Within days, FB which knows I am male, started hitting me with ads for clothing which works well "for large breasted women."

The creepiest ones are the ones triggered by your phone listening to you!

>>With this in mind, I decided to try an experiment. Twice a day for five days, I tried saying a bunch of phrases that could theoretically be used as triggers. Phrases like I’m thinking about going back to uni and I need some cheap shirts for work. Then I carefully monitored the sponsored posts on Facebook for any changes.

The changes came literally overnight. Suddenly I was being told mid-semester courses at various universities, and how certain brands were offering cheap clothing. A private conversation with a friend about how I’d run out of data led to an ad about cheap 20 GB data plans. And although they were all good deals, the whole thing was eye-opening and utterly terrifying.<<

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I was visiting with my granddaughter and asked her if she had ever heard

an old song that is a favorite of mine. The next day I got a pop-up asking if I wanted to buy the 40 year old album that the song was on. I turned off the mic to my phone.

[Guilded Lilly]

5. Nothing goes unnoticed on the Internet, ever. n/t

[Runningdawg]

6. Not sure why - but they sure don't know me

EVERY. DAY. I report 6-10 ads for churches in my FB feed as offensive. If they tracked me at all they would know I was an Atheist. A few times a week I have to report ads from some MAGAt PAC, even though there is no denying I am a liberal. I have no children, I consistently receive ads for children's products. Honestly if their mojo worked, I would like it better.

[missingthebigdog]

7. They are watching us.

Whoever “they” are.

I was looking for instructions for a project, and found a YouTube video that was thorough. It was in Spanish, and I do not speak Spanish, but the process filmed was self explanatory.

Now I get pop ups, banner ads, Facebook ads, and the occasional spam email, all in Spanish.

[keithbvadu2]

9. My cuz bought a jeep so I looked at jeeps on the web. Within one minute I was seeing jeep ads.

My cuz bought a jeep so I looked at jeeps on the web. Within one minute I was seeing jeep ads.

[Flaleftist]

11. I just started watching Narcos on Netflix.

Today I saw a recruitment ad on FB for the DEA. I may have also Googled Narcos to look it up on IMDB. It did seem a little strange. I've never seen such an ad before. I didn't even think they are the kind of agency that would put recruitment ads on FB.