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Alright my laptop has a VPN continuously enabled.

Last weekend, I visited family out-of-state, and two of the things we watched (on their smart TV) appeared as YouTube ads on my laptop today, now that we’re a few hundred miles away.

Coincidence or what…?
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paulo 2y ago

Your devices talk to other devices and leak many identifiers all the time

Advertisers know that you were present while something was play on TV thousands of miles away from where you live

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boston wine 2y ago

It’s mind blowing - I know that’s true but when it occurs this way it’s always kind of a shock

Makes sense why people get de-googled phones and wrap everything in aluminum foil 😂

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paulo 2y ago

The freaking bluetooth chip does this 😭

It’s continually advertising itself to the world