[ale] [OT]I think this is awesome, you may find it scary

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Exactly why I don't use gmail.  I have 1and1 run an email server for me on the domain I own.  I figure no one has any business reading my email but the recipients.

Sincerely,

Ron


"Beddingfield, Allen" <allen at ua.edu> wrote:

>This sort of thing has gotten really spooky.  I was searching for
>review on cars on my laptop at home one evening.  I was also logged
>into my yahoo and Facebook account on that computer.  The next morning,
>I got to work, logged into those two accounts, and all of the ads were
>for cars of the make/models I had been searching for - yet I had not
>done the searching at home.
>I'm not sure that it is your GMail account.  It could be something
>similar to what I experienced.  Now, I have noticed that it happens
>consistently.  I suppose that will remind me to never look for anything
>offensive/embarrassing!
>
>--
>Allen Beddingfield
>Systems Engineer
>The University of Alabama
>
>From: Richard Bronosky
><richard at bronosky.com<mailto:richard at bronosky.com>>
>Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:50 AM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
><ale at ale.org<mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>Subject: [ale] [OT]I think this is awesome, you may find it scary
>
>So, we have been talking about cable modems in another thread. I have
>replied to the thread, but I never searched for a product to reference
>or anything like that. Now, when I go to amazon.com<http://amazon.com>
>to order some more "I'm too busy coding to get up and eat right now"
>bars. I see an ad for the Motorola 6141 SurfBoard Modem. I can only
>assume that Google scanned my Gmail and caused this to happen. I've
>seen my searches in Google Shopping and on Amazon affect Google adsense
>ads and Amazon ads respectively. But, I've never seen such a crossover.
>Maybe it is a coincidence. I don't think it is.
>
>I think this is awesome. I know I am going to see ads when surfing the
>net. I expect it. When the ads are well targeted, I like it. That's
>right. I like ads! I go to my job and earn money so that I can buy
>geeky stuff like Android tablets, RaspberryPi accessories, and flash
>drives so small you can lose them inside a USB port. I like that I see
>ads for these things instead of for Lexus and Tampax. I only wish my TV
>ads were so relevant.
>
>Okay, queue the "corporapist" rant.
>
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