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[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

Not just what you buy, but what you search, what items you look at on other websites, and correlating data with demographic information that is either "lying around" or supplemented with targeted surveys to fill out the profile.

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also what all your friends like as well thanks to facebook/twitter/instagram/tiktok social network ad targeting

[-] Commiejones@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

I searched ebay on my desktop for something the other day and my partner started seeing ads for it on her Instagram.

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Yikes, is your ebay account linked to Facebook/Google or using Google chrome?

[-] Commiejones@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I went and turned off all the cookie sharing.

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