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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1923920" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Hi All!</p><p>Here's A Curiosity:</p><p></p><p>When I go on line & search for something, my wife knows what I've searched for on her computer. </p><p>For Example: I was searching for new faucets for a bathroom. When she opened her iPad & used Safari to go to Bing, ads for faucets appeared on the page. The same happens when she goes to Google. She said they also show up on the side of an article when she clicks on a news link on the landing page or goes to any page herself.</p><p></p><p>On my Mac, I use Firefox or Brave in Private Windows and the only search engine I ever use is Duck Duck Go privacy browser. And, out of habit, I clear the cache upon closing the browser (via Terminal.app <em>dscacheutil -flushcache</em> command) I absolutely never use Google, Yahoo or Bing.</p><p>Oddly, I never see ads for anything she has searched for with her iPad ans Safari. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm curious who is ratting me out? Is it the search engine, the browser or the ISP? </p><p>Guessing the answer is "No"; but is there anything I can do to stop this? (The tattle-tale behavior makes birthday shopping difficult.)</p><p></p><p>Thanks for helping solve this mystery!</p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1923920, member: 76746"] Hi All! Here's A Curiosity: When I go on line & search for something, my wife knows what I've searched for on her computer. For Example: I was searching for new faucets for a bathroom. When she opened her iPad & used Safari to go to Bing, ads for faucets appeared on the page. The same happens when she goes to Google. She said they also show up on the side of an article when she clicks on a news link on the landing page or goes to any page herself. On my Mac, I use Firefox or Brave in Private Windows and the only search engine I ever use is Duck Duck Go privacy browser. And, out of habit, I clear the cache upon closing the browser (via Terminal.app [I]dscacheutil -flushcache[/I] command) I absolutely never use Google, Yahoo or Bing. Oddly, I never see ads for anything she has searched for with her iPad ans Safari. I'm curious who is ratting me out? Is it the search engine, the browser or the ISP? Guessing the answer is "No"; but is there anything I can do to stop this? (The tattle-tale behavior makes birthday shopping difficult.) Thanks for helping solve this mystery! Paul [/QUOTE]
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