Targeted advertising

[Rob Boudrie]

Ad targeting at a very deatailed level.

I have been spending a lot of time on the sviguns.com website lately.

Last night, I was streaming TV from "Freevee" - one of those free ad supported services. I saw three runs of an ad for www.atlasgunworks.com. Atlas is one of several companies that copies the SVI/STI design after the patent expired to make 2011 style guns (2011 is a tradmark of Staccatto, however, the ad made it clear Atlas does not seem to care about that).

With ads tracking at this level of detail, I would expect that the feds use this information to create very detailed profiled of just about everyone.

 

[PaulR]

It's the voice recording/recognition that gets me: You're talking about something particular and minutes later an ad pops up for it.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Oh, I forget WHAT it was, but I was literally THINKING about something the other day. I forget what. An hour later, it popped up on ForceBork. I never even SAID anything, let alone did some sort of internet search. (Clearly, it was coincidental, but very strange.)

 

[chuckules]

It's the voice recording/recognition that gets me: You're talking about something particular and minutes later an ad pops up for it.

My wife…who is not a shooter and does not share accounts or devices with me…will get holster or other type ads on her Facebook page shortly after something like that came up in discussion in the kitchen.

 

[TJ4]

Watch the documentary The Social Dilemma and you’ll see how deep the micro data collection and analysis goes. They can tell from your phone how long you look at something and when you’re scrolling in say Instagram what your eyes focus on even if you don’t click on that post. They even keep track of what makes your eyes dilate as you look at something. Of course the microphone is always on and listening, Facebook admitted to that, it may even hear what tv show you are watching and throw suggestions for related content on your social media or keep track of that info to sell to advertisers for targeted content. It goes way beyond just your computer tracking cookies of your browser history.

 

[tinhorn]

Oh, I forget WHAT it was, but I was literally THINKING about something the other day. I forget what. An hour later, it popped up on ForceBork. I never even SAID anything, let alone did some sort of internet search. (Clearly, it was coincidental, but very strange.)

Ok, now you're starting to scare me.

The missus and I have become so used to our listening devices that it's a source of amusement. We may start learning American Sign Language.

I have to admit to being surprised though, after SHE bought some oddball thing online, that I started getting bombarded with ads for similar stuff.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

My wife…who is not a shooter and does not share accounts or devices with me…will get holster or other type ads on her Facebook page shortly after something like that came up in discussion in the kitchen.

You probably share the same public IP address.

 

[PaulR]

My wife…who is not a shooter and does not share accounts or devices with me…will get holster or other type ads on her Facebook page shortly after something like that came up in discussion in the kitchen.

Hmmm. Maybe that's why I get ads for 10" dildo's on my FB page?

 

[MisterHappy]

Oh, I forget WHAT it was, but I was literally THINKING about something the other day. I forget what. An hour later, it popped up on ForceBork. I never even SAID anything, let alone did some sort of internet search. (Clearly, it was coincidental, but very strange.)

The foil works better, shiny side out.


Or, so the voices tell me.

 

[MisterHappy]

You probably share the same public IP address.

I dunno.

I first noticed it a few years ago, when I did a web search at work, on the other side of the county, on a company computer, on a company server, on a different browser (Internet Exploder).

I came home, and on my personal computer, running Firefox, I had the same recent Google searches.

Not a shared IP address.

Then, MsHappy, on her phone, asks, "Why am I getting ads for a cleanroom?"

 

[GaryO]

I've got problems then. I expect the men with white coats and butterfly nets at any time.
Seriously, when someone tells me that they keep a low profile so the government can't track them, and they have an android or apple phone, toll transponder or computer, I just laugh. Everyone of us who has purchased a firearm at a retail level, is in a government database.

 

[Parker Schreiber]

You can see what one source of marketing data knows and doesn’t know about you here:

https://legal.epsilon.com/dsr/

 

[Toast]

Or, so the voices tell me.

YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE VOICES TALK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN ME !!!!

 

[Broc]

Ad targeting at a very deatailed level.

I have been spending a lot of time on the sviguns.com website lately.

Last night, I was streaming TV from "Freevee" - one of those free ad supported services. I saw three runs of an ad for www.atlasgunworks.com. Atlas is one of several companies that copies the SVI/STI design after the patent expired to make 2011 style guns (2011 is a tradmark of Staccatto, however, the ad made it clear Atlas does not seem to care about that).

With ads tracking at this level of detail, I would expect that the feds use this information to create very detailed profiled of just about everyone.

This is nothing new. This has been going on for years.

Both my cousin's boyfriend and my BIL own businesses and walked me though this a few years ago. I watched while my cousin's boyfriend was preparing an ad campaign. It was pretty cool and scary. The detail they can go down to is impressive. This was 5-7 years ago.

If a TV is connected to the Internet, you will get ads for that stuff as applications stop s*cking and get better (better for them, not for us). Some, like Hulu, seem to be run by retards that show people the most irrelevant ads. Fine with me.

 

[alx]

Ad targeting at a very deatailed level.

I have been spending a lot of time on the sviguns.com website lately.

Last night, I was streaming TV from "Freevee" - one of those free ad supported services. I saw three runs of an ad for www.atlasgunworks.com. Atlas is one of several companies that copies the SVI/STI design after the patent expired to make 2011 style guns (2011 is a tradmark of Staccatto, however, the ad made it clear Atlas does not seem to care about that).

With ads tracking at this level of detail, I would expect that the feds use this information to create very detailed profiled of just about everyone.

In theory it is so and we prolly have the means to do it too nowadays. Now this does not mean that -they- dont know a lot about your interests, buying/hobby/politics/porn habits, etc. They do datamine this for marketing purposes as you found out. This is common. What is not common is that we are talking about so much information that nobody really bothers to datamine at discrete level from national or state security perspective. The information used to spam you is distributed among many aggregators and vendors buy the info from them for that purpose. What does not exist is a government mechanism to -proactively- obtain said data and flag potential problematic individuals. Said that- if you piqued there interest - they are certainly capable of gathering and consolidating that information you are concerned about. But there is no mythical agency anywhere that just collects all your cookies and other artefacts to determine if you are a bad citizen. Not yet anyway

 

[Mesatchornug]

I dunno.

I first noticed it a few years ago, when I did a web search at work, on the other side of the county, on a company computer, on a company server, on a different browser (Internet Exploder).

I came home, and on my personal computer, running Firefox, I had the same recent Google searches.

Not a shared IP address.

Then, MsHappy, on her phone, asks, "Why am I getting ads for a cleanroom?"

had you logged into your gmail account on the remote computer?

 

[IPSC_DRL]

I've got one of those little round Google hockey puck looking spy devices sitting in a box aside of my desk right now.

It has been there for several years and to be honest I have no idea where it even came from. I'm going to leave it in the company breakroom with a note that says "FREE government spy device for anyone dumb enough to want it!"

 

[akma]

Several times now I have had things pop up on my PC on YouTube from conversations held in other places. My cell and PC are not synced. It's no coincidence.

 

[whatluck]

Hmmm. Maybe that's why I get ads for 10" dildo's on my FB page?

Yeah, I'm sure THATS the reason.

 

[MisterHappy]

had you logged into your gmail account on the remote computer?

No.

I keep my gmail (personal) and IE (work) separate.

I believe it's demons.

 

[MisterHappy]

YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE VOICES TALK TO ANYONE OTHER THAN ME !!!!

It's not whether YOU like it; it's whether THEY like it.

C'mon man!

 

[Rob Boudrie]

In theory it is so and we prolly have the means to do it too nowadays. Now this does not mean that -they- dont know a lot about your interests, buying/hobby/politics/porn habits, etc. They do datamine this for marketing purposes as you found out. This is common. What is not common is that we are talking about so much information that nobody really bothers to datamine at discrete level from national or state security perspective. The information used to spam you is distributed among many aggregators and vendors buy the info from them for that purpose. What does not exist is a government mechanism to -proactively- obtain said data and flag potential problematic individuals. Said that- if you piqued there interest - they are certainly capable of gathering and consolidating that information you are concerned about. But there is no mythical agency anywhere that just collects all your cookies and other artefacts to determine if you are a bad citizen. Not yet anyway

Do you have the level of security clearance to know this for certain?

 

[alx]

Do you have the level of security clearance to know this for certain?

... remind me to elaborate next time I see you at the range