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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Being tracked on the web
Date: 19 Jan 2014 18:54:55 GMT
Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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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?

DoNotTrackMe is a good solution for this problem:

<https://www.abine.com/index.php>

Combined with AdBlock, you'll have a much better browsing experience:

<https://getadblock.com>

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