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Originally Posted by Gnomepatrol 
All I really have to say is Google is one of the biggest data collection corporations out there. Google tracks everythign from your searches to the ads you view (Adsense). If you have ever run a site with adsense as a means of pay, you would know exactly what I am talking about. They pull tons of information from location, to the types of ads, to what you search, to who you buy stuff for, to sex, to age, to demographic, etc...
What is my point? They all do it. If you are worried about it you better get off the internet and pay with strictly cash.
Off topic, did anyone read the guys post about using his friends and family to buy stuff for him, because he was worried about tracking. Sounds like we might have a tinfoil man in here or some sort of criminal lol

All I really have to say is Google is one of the biggest data collection corporations out there. Google tracks everythign from your searches to the ads you view (Adsense). If you have ever run a site with adsense as a means of pay, you would know exactly what I am talking about. They pull tons of information from location, to the types of ads, to what you search, to who you buy stuff for, to sex, to age, to demographic, etc...
What is my point? They all do it. If you are worried about it you better get off the internet and pay with strictly cash.
Off topic, did anyone read the guys post about using his friends and family to buy stuff for him, because he was worried about tracking. Sounds like we might have a tinfoil man in here or some sort of criminal lol

Yeah, I block ads on my machine and phone. I'm not so much concerned as adamant not to become a product. I started doing this when Amazon started charging people more or less based on their likelihood to pay the increased rate. I was like "no, I'll take the standard ticketed price" and I block all ads across the internets.
This isn't "just something that's normal" if you actively block this crap.






Kudos to you if you value your privacy that much, if only most cared about their fellow human as much as well.