Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-13 Thread James E. Therrault
On Mar 12, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Dan wrote: > At 1:36 PM -0700 03/07/2013, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> Owners of websites DO have some control over what ads are placed on them, so >> if there's something egregiously offensive tell the webmaster of the site in >> question. > > It's a shame more web sit

Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-12 Thread Dan
At 1:36 PM -0700 03/07/2013, Bruce Johnson wrote: Owners of websites DO have some control over what ads are placed on them, so if there's something egregiously offensive tell the webmaster of the site in question. It's a shame more web sites don't exercise more control over the ads. I know th

Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-11 Thread Jerry
On 03/ 7/13 02:11 PM, JohnV wrote: Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not accepting ) them, but things have moved on. How is it that now I am getting several specific singular ads following me around websites, forums and anything else? I clear cookies, You are stil

Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-07 Thread Judith Berkowitz
On Mar 7, 12:11 pm, JohnV wrote: ... > How is it that now  I am getting several specific singular ads > following me around websites, forums and anything else? ... > Any thoughts? > > John V - Adblock Plus adblockplus.org/ and - Click to Flash clicktoflash.com/ get rid of the symptoms of the

Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Mar 7, 2013, at 2:11 PM, JohnV wrote: > >> I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY in >> Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these singular >> things onto my screen. > > They track your I

Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-07 Thread Kris Tilford
On Mar 7, 2013, at 2:11 PM, JohnV wrote: I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY in Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these singular things onto my screen. They track your IP address also, so you'll need to use something like Tor to re

Re: They're Following Me...

2013-03-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 7, 2013, at 1:11 PM, JohnV wrote: > Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not accepting ) > them, but things have moved on. > How is it that now I am getting several specific singular ads following me > around websites, forums and anything else? > I clear cookie

They're Following Me...

2013-03-07 Thread JohnV
Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not accepting ) them, but things have moved on. How is it that now I am getting several specific singular ads following me around websites, forums and anything else? I clear cookies, caches and went so far as to dump the entire HIST