On 2026-04-23 17:44:28 uwillwantme said:
Dixxy....These days even if you surf any website on your phone/laptop/desktop and access the your usual social media from the same or any other sync'd device, the pop ups are common.
Try searching for something vague and new for you like, red colour suede shoes with black laces on you search engine for a few minutes.
Then login to you social media from the same device after sometime, it will give you suggestions for various shoes and possibly red colour also.
So nothing in our digital footprint is isolated these days
On 2026-04-23 17:44:28 uwillwantme said:
Dixxy....These days even if you surf any website on your phone/laptop/desktop and access the your usual social media from the same or any other sync'd device, the pop ups are common.
Try searching for something vague and new for you like, red colour suede shoes with black laces on you search engine for a few minutes.
Then login to you social media from the same device after sometime, it will give you suggestions for various shoes and possibly red colour also.
So nothing in our digital footprint is isolated these days
On 2026-04-23 20:02:58 Dixxy said:
On 2026-04-23 17:44:28
Interesting. I hear you but I've honestly never had this happen to me. I'll give it a try thanks.
I don't have enough knowledge of all the privacy stuff, but I run a VPN on all my devices with an alias registered, don't use any of my personal mail addresses or numbers on any alt accounts (each account has its own alt mail address), I access my alt Facebook account through the Friendly app, only access ESA through Brave, and run most other personal internet through DuckDuckGo. All work internet is split between Chrome and Edge and only accessed on work devices.
If anyone with better tech knowledge has more privacy tips I'm genuinely all ears. I try and leave as light a personal footprint as possible.