Um, so i just saw a Google banner that said "Hey <my name> check out these Ringtones". It's the first time i've seen a banner do this...it's kinda scary.
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Scary Google Ad Banner Wow.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 10:24 AM
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 11:17 AM
Do you know the source? It sounds kind of scary for an ad to be able to read your cookies.. privacy concerns like that.
Too lazy to look up how cookies work and are secured >_<
Too lazy to look up how cookies work and are secured >_<
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 12:00 PM
Personally, I block all ads and banners with Adblock plus. This article can fill you in on how your information can be passed to advertisers.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 02:46 PM
Why... would that scare you..
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 05:08 PM
QUOTE (Mr. Game & Watch @ Jun 22 2008, 08:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Why... would that scare you..
I think its probably because they actually know your name and everything, kinda creapy if u ask me.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 06:20 PM
They don't know your name. It's most likely just script that takes info stored under name headers in cookies or elsewhere and pastes it into some phrase. So If you go about your business(Registering user names, forms and the like) claiming to be "Mr. Donkeyturd" for long enough I'm sure those are the names you'll see in 'personalized' ads.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 11:15 PM
LOL, psychic reader advertisements XDD that never happened to me before. yeah maybe it's because it's stored from your cookies too, actually i never knew that. i just read from someone's post and saying that XDD but dang.. hmm you should have screen shot that, i want to see!! cause i never seen it before o__O
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Posted 23 June 2008 - 01:43 PM
thats kindda scary but i think is just a weird add invading your information to find your name and then scare you and make you click it... 
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Posted 23 June 2008 - 02:55 PM
scary...a bit. if they know your user name fine..if it's ur real name with address that they know, good luck with your identity.
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Posted 23 June 2008 - 04:45 PM
Screenshot then send it to google. I wouldn't know since I have adblock.
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Posted 25 June 2008 - 01:57 AM
wow .. that's scary
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Posted 26 June 2008 - 02:17 PM
Cookies and cache is what you need to get rid of.
If you have Firefox, you can set it to automatically clean your entire history, cookies, cache etc. automatically when you close Firefox.
If you have Firefox, you can set it to automatically clean your entire history, cookies, cache etc. automatically when you close Firefox.
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