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Arrr?
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Aneurysm
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PostPosted: 03-19-2018 09:48 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I was just reading about this. sad!




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 03-19-2018 11:04 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Interesting and I will watch again.



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Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu
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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 12:11 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


whistleblower's account has been suspended. lol




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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 01:56 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I always wonder what to think about things like this. There's all this serious scary talk about influencing public opinion and everything, and I don't want to just dismiss that as fear mongering or something, but at the same time, both Google and Facebook seem to be so incompetent at what they're doing that they are even unable to present me with ads that are actually relevant to me.




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Messatsu Ko Jy-ouu
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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 02:06 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


That's because they don't decide what ads you see. They only provide target groups to ad agencies who then decide to bombard you with whatever ad they (the agency) decides is 'relevant'. Which it is often not but they prefer volume of relevance anyway.




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Etile
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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 10:00 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


speaking of google ads, i once got this

Image

look at that filthy slut, showing her face and hair to people who aren't related to her




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Welfare Recipient
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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 06:49 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i tried to tell u dipshits about this a year ago...noobs...




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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 07:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/20/fac ... a-scandal/

Multiple governments are demanding briefings with Facebook, and they're having an all-staff meeting about Cambridge Analytica. I'm glad I deleted my Facebook account back in 2010. They just can't stay out of the news with their slimy bullshit.




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PostPosted: 03-20-2018 08:29 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Transient wrote:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/20/facebook-to-brief-congress-on-cambridge-analytica-scandal/

Multiple governments are demanding briefings with Facebook, and they're having an all-staff meeting about Cambridge Analytica. I'm glad I deleted my Facebook account back in 2010. They just can't stay out of the news with their slimy bullshit.


I still have Facebook, rarely venture there and I haven't written to it (and stopped others writing to it) in years so it seems like a good idea to delete the account
I have an ad blocker on my normal FF browser but when I use another browser if only briefly, those supposedly targeted ads start appearing :disgust: What do I want with an expensive tactical flashlight for goodness sake?



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PostPosted: 05-02-2018 01:19 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yeah, they're a tad radioactive at the moment. :smirk:




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