its way more likely that your mom searched for cancer related information on google. and you are connected to your mom, so you get ads as well.
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Uncle_Abbie@lemmy.today 2 months ago
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addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I get the feeling this thing, I mean, the add targeting is far stronger in the USA (maybe also in europe) than in the rest of the world. My “add targeting” is idiotic. I once was in brazil (argentinian here!). And got adds in portuguese for a year or so. I was a month planning on buying a computer, with all that that involves (google searchs, looking for prices on internet) and i never got an add until i actually bought everything, then it was 2 months of adds recommending me to buy the exact same components i already bought.
As today, half of my adds are in german. Jokes on them, i use them to learn.
Kallioapina@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I dont mean to be snide, but the shorthand for advertisement is ‘ad’, not add.
Also, using uBlock Origin on Firefox (or its various forks) gets you rid of ads pretty much universally. It’s also an security feature in the post-2000’s internet; lots of malware use ads as an attack vector.
You should not need to suffer through ads - no one should.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I dont mean to be snide, but the abbreviation for advertisement is ‘ad’, not add.
Thank you
addictedtochaos@lemm.ee 2 months ago
europe has more complicated laws about privacy and data mining
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
France has recently started going after people who organize demonstrations.
They have had zero problems getting big social media and even Discord to give up information about people.
But some chat apps were save from the governments, so why do you think the Telegram CEO was arrested?
Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Recently? Maybe i’m wrong, but i remember a 2 years old news telling that france was pursuing allowing the police to spy on rioter’s phones… I remember it was not long after the “end” of the yellow jacket’s riots, so maybe it’s even older.
Dysthopic vibes.
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I forgot about that, my “recent” was more like half a year to max a year. But now that you mention it I do think so yes.
Very Orwellian
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Telegram is not safe from governments. Maybe safe from Western ones.
It does not have E2EE for most things. Which means TG users are not safe from TG owners, and TG owners are not safe from those who are the force behind them.
Maybe it’s Israel, maybe it’s Russia, Durov’s female friend was spotted in Baku in a “cyber-security” center operated by Israelis, so maybe Azerbaijan. Maybe I don’t know.
You don’t have to know which exactly force that is. All you have to know is how TG works.
… can use Signal. Its usability has improved a lot since I last tried using it. I’ve just moved half of our family chats there, another half is waiting till a bit later, because they are on another continent. It’s as convenient as WhatsApp.
vxx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I assume he was arrested because he is a russian asset.
x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Then his company should be sued first though? Just like other social platforms.
vxx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not if there’s evidence against him.
Why would they sue the company when he is the criminal?
JustZ@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s because he kept letting terrorists and child molesters get away with their crimes.
Governments would continually go to him and ask for help to save people’s lives and he told them to fuck off.
He’s right where he’s supposed to be now.