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From: Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Being tracked on the web
Date: 19 Jan 2014 13:27:10 GMT
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On 2014-01-19, John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> Well, not terribly insidiously, but I am getting targeted ads for a
> chain hotel I stayed at a week or two ago. I had to agree to their
> terms, which of course I didn't read, but now on any web page, it seems,
> their ad is inserted somewhere on the page.
>
> Is it a matter of a cookie? I'd like to get rid of their ad. How are
> they able to put an ad in on numerous web pages now that I am home? Can
> they search the web for my MAC address and hit me up that way?

I use both AdBlock and DoNotTrackMe by Abine, Inc.
I'm not a heavy web surfer but DNTM blocks an average or 200 tracking attempts
per day.