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Nope.. We dicussed getting him a new
Hat upNorth in the privacy of our house.
Hubby is quite bald and he needs a hat but
balks at getting one. He does have his photo with fishing hat on,
on FB and mentions army service in his
profile.. But keeps his privacy settings very
High there. Maybe this veteran organization
can still find him that way?

It is really spooky IMO though. But it did work
on us this time. ;)

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Originally Posted by zygopetalum (Post 1159609)

Thanks everyone, at least I can block the sneaky weasels. It isn't just FB, I was on a horse racing site today and got an ad for something I buy.

I'm not getting these from web browsing, its from what I buy from the store, I haven't looked any of the items up online. I am trying to remember if I have ever given them my email address but cannot. I generally don't because I don't have a printer to use for coupons but it is possible I had a weak moment. It is either that or they sold my info to some marketing company. :mad: I don't get any emails from them though.

I couldn't find anything on line except this and I don't know how credible it is.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/201...-get-your-data

I also found a horrid article that really appeared true about Target designing a computer analysis to try to identify pregnant women in their second or third trimester so they could manipulate their buying habits before the birth of the child to establish habits and scarf up on all the new purchases a child would entail and it worked. I was a psyc major and what it said they did sounded plausible.

I am already annoyed with Freddie's because recently they have been spraying their organic produce so heavily its a soggy mess so I think I will bring this up too. Should I wear a tin foil hat? :) Mrd D had either of you mentioned the Boonie hat online?

Thanks again gurus of all things mysterious and technological.

judi

Hi judi,
I was also a psych major and a psych professional before disability and I believe we ALL should be wearing tin foil hats, with lightening rods attached. The hats will keep our thoughts safe from any data-mining. They will also keep our own thoughts from broadcasting. The lightening rods will either keep us safer in storms or may set us up for a brief thrill should lightening strike? :eek:

If many more drones are launched, we may need tall lights on our foil hat to make sure they maneuver safely around us.:winky:

I was at a city gathering for the fourth of July, on the waterfront. Suddenly, the crowd was silent and staring at the same thing; a drone had flown in and was suspended in the air (sitting still) looking at our part of the crowd. We were all seated. It was a very low-flying drone. Some people were immediately frightened. After 5 minutes, the drone left. There were many large boats nearby and we thought maybe someone was just playing with a small drone from their boat. We never found out who was operating the drone. I am not sure it would be possible to tell. There were over 10K people in attendance. Many people were definitely uncomfortable with the drone appearing like that.

Just don't know what to think about these types of 'invasions." :eek:
DejaVu

This brings to mind this funny photo from Cheezburger:

There are many other interesting cats and people with tin foil hats, on Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cat+...inb1XyTXtYM%3A

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Originally Posted by mrsD (Post 1159664)

This brings to mind this funny photo from Cheezburger:

There are many other interesting cats and people with tin foil hats, on Google:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cat+...inb1XyTXtYM%3A

:Funny-Post:
Great sense of humor, mrsD!
:ROTFLMAO:
DejaVu

I always thought my father had a few paranoid quirks so I've tried to avoid reacting to anything like that unless I had some kind of substantive evidence, correlation does not imply causation, right DejaVu? :) After I thought about it I decided to pay more attention to what I buy and do online to see if it is really happening. I

The article I read about Target was real however, it was in The New York Times and below is a link from Forbes. Maybe I am turning into a cranky old lady but that kind of thing just fries my eyeballs, how dare they do that? :mad::hissyfit:

I don't have any problem with serendipitous events like the hat, I have had things like that as well. I don't know what to think about the drone, there seem to be more and more problems with them interfering with planes, etc so it could have been private. I don't know if law enforcement/government can do something like that to try to spot guns or suspicious people.

I checked out the opt out tool in tnthomas' link, it said I got ads from 81 companies.

Big food better watch out! :winky:

judi

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirh...er-father-did/

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Originally Posted by DejaVu (Post 1159644)

What about the implants? Alot of folks have them but don't know...

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Hi tnthomas, I guess I am not aware of the implant issue.
* Thus, I am not sure if you are serious or playing along in jest with us, as we'd gotten a little OT and silly. :)

I like your screen name, by the way.
:grouphug:
DejaVu

TNT, I was sure if you were serious either, we were a little silly. I don't think implants are a problem but I have heard that some people do.

Hah! Well trackers were certainly a problem for me and I am embarrassed I didn't do something sooner. I downloaded Ghostery and Facebook runs MUCH smoother for me now, who knew. :p Oh, I guess you guys all did.

judi

remember all our purchases are very valuable info to businesses. It is not just during online activities; it is also frequent shopper card programs (i.e. grocery store loyalty cards like Krogers, Harris Teeter, Shop Rite, JCPenneys, KMart/Sears, CVS, etc). They know what you tend to buy & at what price point- hence the ads, coupons, facebook ads, search engine info, etc.

It is called Data Mining and involves a lot more than just your address, phone and income. I'm afraid we are a commodity frequently bought, traded and sold - all for someone elses financial gain. {big sigh}