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Have you not heard of the Facebook ad network? Are you under the impression your dating site doesn't advertise? "how is this possible?"? That's been obvious fo
by rnovak 11y ago
Have you not heard of the Facebook ad network? Are you under the impression your dating site doesn't advertise?
"how is this possible?"? That's been obvious for a while now. They track you. Everywhere. Same with google.
- narrowrail 11y agoDoesn't "everyone in IT/CS" use tools like Request Policy, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, etc. or a good old-fashioned hosts file to prevent said tracking? Not to mention VPN+Privoxy on a VPS?
- rnovak 11y agoWell, considering I'm in the IT/CS group and I don't use those tools, the idea that "everyone" uses them is demonstrably false. Secondly, the fact that it's the most probable explanation of the link between facebook/dating sites, and it hasn't been mentioned yet....clearly they're not that popular. Finally, can people stop thinking that the way they use the internet is the same way everyone does? That's so far from reality it's not funny.
- narrowrail 11y agoI do not believe everyone uses the internet like I do, but I have assumed many people on HN do something similar. Considering the number of threads I've read about such tools on HN over the years, I don't think it is far fetched to believe that many people on HN use these tools.