Posted: 8/20/2010 10:05:39 PM EDT
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We all know about the Google ads on Youtube. Personally, I find them to be a minor irritant, but this is the internet and people got to make money some how. What really pisses me of is the 30 second ads that sometime pop up before the videos, but that's a whole other thread.
Up until recently, they have seemed to be random ads. About a week ago I bought a scope at tacticalstore.com. Here's where the tin foil comes on. Ever sense then, every time I watch a Youtube video, the only ad that has popped up, has been an ad for tacticalstore. Someone is watching my I.P. and seeing where I go, or tacticalstore gave my I.P. to Google after shopping there. Either way I'm not happy about this. Is my tin foil on too tight, or should I drop off the grid and live like Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State? |
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Quoted: You use Google Chrome, don't you? I can't wait until Google starts making hardware so I can run Google Chrome on my Google OS on my Google hardware with internets supplied by Google ISP and my phone from Google with Android and... etc HAIL GOOGLE! I can't wait until they finally develop their systems enough so that it will always tell me what to do and I never have to think! |
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Quoted: Up until recently, they have seemed to be random ads. About a week ago I bought a scope at tacticalstore.com. Here's where the tin foil comes on. Ever sense then, every time I watch a Youtube video, the only ad that has popped up, has been an ad for tacticalstore. Someone is watching my I.P. and seeing where I go, or tacticalstore gave my I.P. to Google after shopping there. Either way I'm not happy about this. Spyware. Run Firefox with Adblock and Noscript and clean regularly with Spybot Search and Destroy. |
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You use Google Chrome, don't you? Firefox. Due to my tin foil, I avoid using Google as much as possible. Did you know that Google owns Youtube now? I do, and it went down hill after they took over. However, Google's ownership of Youtube does not explain how they are tracking me. |
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You use Google Chrome, don't you? Firefox. Due to my tin foil, I avoid using Google as much as possible. Did you know that Google owns Youtube now? I do, and it went down hill after they took over. However, Google's ownership of Youtube does not explain how they are tracking me. Well Chrome checks what you browse and sends you ads based on what you look at (minus porn). I don't know how Firefox does it, but Firefox has been going downhill and I haven't followed it for a while. |
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You use Google Chrome, don't you? Firefox. Due to my tin foil, I avoid using Google as much as possible. Did you know that Google owns Youtube now? I do, and it went down hill after they took over. However, Google's ownership of Youtube does not explain how they are tracking me. Wait, google owns everything... They're a search engine masters... ad sense or some other shit... they are Big Brother... Didn't they have some kind of pact with the government a few years back to track people? |
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Firefox running: AdBlock Plus AdBlock Element Hiding Helper Beef TACO Flashblock NoScript BetterPrivacy OptimizeGoogle I clear cookies (with a few exceptions) and cache on closing. BetterPrivacy takes care of the flash cookies. I'm about as locked down as I can get from all the ads and tracking shit  |
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You use Google Chrome, don't you? Firefox. Due to my tin foil, I avoid using Google as much as possible. Did you know that Google owns Youtube now? I do, and it went down hill after they took over. However, Google's ownership of Youtube does not explain how they are tracking me. Well Chrome checks what you browse and sends you ads based on what you look at (minus porn). I don't know how Firefox does it, but Firefox has been going downhill and I haven't followed it for a while. There are no other ads from places that I go to other than tacticalstore. |
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You use Google Chrome, don't you? Firefox. Due to my tin foil, I avoid using Google as much as possible. Did you know that Google owns Youtube now? I do, and it went down hill after they took over. However, Google's ownership of Youtube does not explain how they are tracking me. Well Chrome checks what you browse and sends you ads based on what you look at (minus porn). I don't know how Firefox does it, but Firefox has been going downhill and I haven't followed it for a while. There are no other ads from places that I go to other than tacticalstore. They must get the ads based on your browsing/cookie history in the browser. All browsers do it now, I guess. |
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You use Google Chrome, don't you? Firefox. Due to my tin foil, I avoid using Google as much as possible. Did you know that Google owns Youtube now? I do, and it went down hill after they took over. However, Google's ownership of Youtube does not explain how they are tracking me. Well Chrome checks what you browse and sends you ads based on what you look at (minus porn). I don't know how Firefox does it, but Firefox has been going downhill and I haven't followed it for a while. There are no other ads from places that I go to other than tacticalstore. NVM, my theory is way off. |
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Firefox running: AdBlock Plus AdBlock Element Hiding Helper Beef TACO Flashblock NoScript BetterPrivacy OptimizeGoogle I clear cookies (with a few exceptions) and cache on closing. BetterPrivacy takes care of the flash cookies. I'm about as locked down as I can get from all the ads and tracking shit
don't forget the hosts file entry to block google analytics |
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They must get the ads based on your browsing/cookie history in the browser. All browsers do it now, I guess. I'll be damned. I just cleared everything, (cache, cookies, etc.) and Youtube doesn't have the tacticalstore ads anymore. I guess it was my fault 
I'm still going to blame big brother though 
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Quoted: Quoted: Firefox running: AdBlock Plus AdBlock Element Hiding Helper Beef TACO Flashblock NoScript BetterPrivacy OptimizeGoogle I clear cookies (with a few exceptions) and cache on closing. BetterPrivacy takes care of the flash cookies. I'm about as locked down as I can get from all the ads and tracking shit don't forget the hosts file entry to block google analytics I deny everything in NoScript by default, only allowing the absolute minimum to display a page. That takes care of Analytics and all the rest of the tracking sites.  |
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Oh, and here is what google knows about your 'interests' http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ |
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Oh, and here is what google knows about your 'interests' http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ Interesting. I just cleared my cookies, but it has me down for: Arts & Entertainment - Humor Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - ... - Indie & Alternative Music Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - Urban & Hip-Hop Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video - Online Video Internet & Telecom - Service Providers - Cable & Satellite Providers Pets & Animals 
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Oh, and here is what google knows about your 'interests' http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ Interesting. I just cleared my cookies, but it has me down for: Arts & Entertainment - Humor Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - ... - Indie & Alternative Music Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - Urban & Hip-Hop Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video - Online Video Internet & Telecom - Service Providers - Cable & Satellite Providers Pets & Animals
Cool interests, bro. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Oh, and here is what google knows about your 'interests' http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ Interesting. I just cleared my cookies, but it has me down for: Arts & Entertainment - Humor Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - ... - Indie & Alternative Music Arts & Entertainment - Music & Audio - Urban & Hip-Hop Arts & Entertainment - TV & Video - Online Video Internet & Telecom - Service Providers - Cable & Satellite Providers Pets & Animals They're probably flash cookies. Clearing cookies the normal way doesn't touch those. The BetterPrivacy add-on takes care of flash cookies, clearing them when you exit the browser. Beef Taco add-on takes care of a lot of tracking as well by setting setting a bunch of behavioral tracking site cookies to "opt out" and then making them permanent on your system. That way when your system crosses paths with one of these sites, it will get an opt-out of tracking message rather than the default opt-in. |
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Quoted: Oh, and here is what google knows about your 'interests' http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ BOO-Ya!  |
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Quoted: Beef Taco add-on takes care of a lot of tracking as well by setting setting a bunch of behavioral tracking site cookies to "opt out" and then making them permanent on your system. That way when your system crosses paths with one of these sites, it will get an opt-out of tracking message rather than the default opt-in. Taco sure has gotten better since I first installed it. I just turned it on and it's great. |
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Hey OP:
Go search the string, "google analytics" Essentially, google builds a profile based on your surfing habits and custom tailors your ads to things that may interest you. You can see this easily if you use Gmail. Simple open an email you've received and you'll see the ad line at the top of your inbox is custom tailored to something or another in the email's body or subject. Now that you've got that edjumication down, go back to your referenced tactical store, but this time using Firefox and running the Firefox app Ghostery. You'll see at the top left of your screen that the website is running google analytics. |
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Oh, and here is what google knows about your 'interests' http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ page can't be displayed for me it must redirect to one of the urls I have blocked edit: removed my hosts file stuff and it loaded. says I don't have an ID cookie. looks like my hosts file must be doing some good |
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Yes - your tinfoil is too tight.
Google (and many other services) have stored persistent cookies on your PC that it uses to serve you targeted ads. Google also notes your IP - as well as scans your Gmail for keywords and sells that information to potential advertisers that are interested in whatever you may buy based upon your web habits. |
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LMAO at Proper Opossum Pedicure |
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Yes - your tinfoil is too tight. Google (and many other services) have stored persistent cookies on your PC that it uses to serve you targeted ads. Google also notes your IP - as well as scans your Gmail for keywords and sells that information to potential advertisers that are interested in whatever you may buy based upon your web habits. And that's why their stock is over 400 dollars a share.
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Any ads from possum store.com yet? |