google spies :-(

Today I sent an email to someone on Hotmail
I explained that I was now retired aged 65 and a bit

Within an hour every google or youtube access I get an advert
for a Funeral Plan

Never had it before the hotmail email :-(

Jack McH (still alive and gardening)

 

I hope you ain't planning on leaving us any time soon?

 

I'd be a bit worried Jack.
Hotmail eh! How'd you look with horns & a tail?

 

Well I am not going to use hotmail
I am just concerned that I emails someone at THEIR hotmails address
and the information in the email has generated adverts for death and
funeral arrangements, Intimating that all email to hotmail is read and
disected for advertising purposes

Jack McH

 

Hiya Jack.

I doubt that someone is sifting through messages by 'hand'. It's probably the case that it's automated, using 'keywords'. Can't trust anything these days!

 

Yep, I'm afraid its true. Microsoft do in fact profile you based on your Hotmail email. They're not alone though. Google know pretty much everything about your internet habits. Both companies have been done a number of times for 'trust' related violations.

The best thing to do is confuse their profiling engines a bit by randomly searching for/posting stuff that is totally off the wall.

 

I've been googling nukes the last few days......... not had any adverts for THOSE so far........

 

For anyone here on Facebook, don't 'like' or comment on posts that are not from your friends, you are giving companies access to your data. There are a lot of 'do you remember' posts about which is a clever way of age profiling :(

 

Yes Keep your 'history' and cookies cleared everyday. If I use a sensitive website like my bank account for instance then I will clear my history and cookies immediately afterwards before hopefully they can be used by anyone, or that is my theory. It does mean that you end up having to log into GC each time after but I'd rather that than give others my history of use of my pc.

 

It helps a bit, but it wont do anything to prevent sites you visit from selling details of your activities there.

 

Also use an Add-on for Firefox and others called Do Not Track Plus. We have had far fewer targeted adverts since we got it.

 

I've just installed it, and straight away it tells me that this very site is tracking me

 

now that is funny