The ads on CTN are getting out of control

[gneebore]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

Google uses your history to decide which ads they will display when you're using their service or the services of their networks. I've been a google advertiser for many years. Trust me, they don't give away your personal information.

I agree they don't give it away. They sell it to whoever pays their price. Like some others have said google sells advertising. There may even be a service where google does not sell the advertisers your gmail address. But they will probably forward any spam they may want to send to their email users. Why not your gamil address is one their servers and is their property.Which isn't giving it away exactly.

Oh btw this is directly from google when you set up a gmail account. And right there in one statement is this::

"Deliver personalized ads, both on Google services and on sites and apps that partner with Google;"

So from their they are telling you they will allow partners to deliver personalized ads and sites that are partners with Google are given your information.

[theengel]

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I guess I just get a little hot under the collar. People who have absolutely no understanding of technology and marketing make some of the craziest accusations.

It's like trying to convince my grandma that the doctor isn't the one who gave her cancer.

Whatever.

[gneebore]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

I guess I just get a little hot under the collar. People who have absolutely no understanding of technology and marketing make some of the craziest accusations.

It's like trying to convince my grandma that the doctor isn't the one who gave her cancer.

Whatever.

OOh get off your idiotic high horse. You are not talking to your (the way you describe her) senile grandmother. I notice you did not address the exact words that google use to tell users that they will direct advertising to users of their services. You know those little things like search engine and oh my goodness their gmail service. In case you are too wrapped up in your supposed superiority because of being a coder spam emails are advertising!

So yes I have a relative that used my familial nickname in an email subject. Now thirty spams a day are using it to "customize and be more friendly" when sending dimwitted advertising nonsense about how to grow bigger breasts.

[ZOOTECH]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

Too late to get the popcorn, but I'm enjoying this regardless.

[gneebore]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

Too late to get the popcorn, but I'm enjoying this regardless.

Pull up a chair I suspect it ain't over yet.

[slimslob]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

Too late to get the popcorn, but I'm enjoying this regardless.

lol

[ZOOTECH]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

lol

There have been several good back and forth 'opinions' here on CTN. As long as everything is civil, it's quite good entertainment. I remember (I can't remember his user name) a member that had large ink tanks, that would bring his cost per copy to almost nothing-not sure if he is still around. (Is it abba1?)

[gneebore]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

There have been several good back and forth 'opinions' here on CTN. As long as everything is civil, it's quite good entertainment. I remember (I can't remember his user name) a member that had large ink tanks, that would bring his cost per copy to almost nothing-not sure if he is still around. (Is it abba1?)

Seem to remember something like that. He had large tanks and did his own refills to drop the cost of using his printers from (just to use numbers) two cents a page to less than .002 per page. Really out of this world savings according to his calculations. Said he used syringes to fill the old ink cartridges. Or was it eye droppers? Fun to read never joined in on that one.

[theengel]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

Pull up a chair I suspect it ain't over yet.

No, no. It's done.

It's a dumb thing to argue over.

I know people who get almost OCD about their computers, performing futile tasks (like emptying a cloud based spam folder) over and over again because they're scared of being 'discovered'.

But on the other hand, if you don't know a whole lot about computers, I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. I have friends who ask me to come over and fix their computer, which is just chock-full of viruses. When I question them, I find they've left themselves open to all sorts of attacks, and then I'm just as quick to criticize that.

I'm too cynical in general.

[gneebore]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

No, no. It's done.

It's a dumb thing to argue over.

I know people who get almost OCD about their computers, performing futile tasks (like emptying a cloud based spam folder) over and over again because they're scared of being 'discovered'.

But on the other hand, if you don't know a whole lot about computers, I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. I have friends who ask me to come over and fix their computer, which is just chock-full of viruses. When I question them, I find they've left themselves open to all sorts of attacks, and then I'm just as quick to criticize that.

I'm too cynical in general.

The reason I do check the spam folders is occasionally there have been work related e-mails sent there by the gmail when our company sent out notices to all employees they had assigned gmail addresses to. Or in the case of a games site like Pogo their e-mails are routinely routed to spam because of the large numbers of recipients. Almost missed claiming an actual cash prize when that happened. Paypa/ebayl e-mails are also routinely listed as spam by yahoo and even At&T. Oh yeah right checking to see if something has been sent to the wrong box according to you, the great coder and fountain of all computer knowledge, is an OCD compulsion.

Plus as a a bit of information when my employer required use of a blackberry or later a Motorola smart phone those spam e-mails were part of the data limits. If you left spam without deleting it under the very old admittedly rules that was part of your monthly data allowance.

[Tricky]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

start at 1:15

[Iowatech]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

I remember (I can't remember his user name) a member that had large ink tanks, that would bring his cost per copy to almost nothing-not sure if he is still around. (Is it abba1?)

Was that the useless nitwit that called everyone on CTN some rude names and asked how to delete their CTN account? According to my ignore list that was abb1.
Heh, that was pretty good. JustManuals was in fine form then, its a shame he's not around anymore.

[blackcat4866]

Re: The ads on CTN are getting out of control

Was that the useless nitwit that called everyone on CTN some rude names and asked how to delete their CTN account? According to my ignore list that was abb1.
Heh, that was pretty good. JustManuals was in fine form then, its a shame he's not around anymore.

I think it was aab1. I remember because it took several tries for him to sign up properly. So many tries that he gave up entirely on a recognizable username and just started typing characters randomly, ending up with aab1. And we all know how difficult it is to sign up for Copytechnet. A couple of hundred bots successfully sign up everyday with no intelligence whatsoever. =^..^=