Isn’t it annoying how targeted ads haunt you wherever you go and whatever you do? You filter them in your mind, not paying attention to what they say, but sometimes they can really give you the creeps. Advertisers follow you everywhere. Literally. For example, if you pass by, say, a bank, you’ll most likely soon get a targeted ad of this same bank and probably even with this same address. Advertisers may use geo tags to target you. These tags are basically points on the map, and when you happen to be within a certain distance from one of these points, you start getting specific ads. Let’s say you like to run in a certain park, and there’s a new apartment building somewhere nearby. Most likely you’ll start receiving ads urging you to buy an apartment by that exact address. Interested? Let's investigate the issue! Other videos you might like:
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– Companies install special Wi-Fi routers in their offices that have a wider range of operation. When you go about your business, your phone is busy too: it’s constantly scanning the networks around it, sending signals to every possible connection point. – The good thing here is that only larger companies can afford such a method of targeting — the cost of equipment along with the price tag on the ad itself is too high for smaller businesses. – On a broader scale, advertisers may use geo tags to target you. These tags are basically points on the map, and when you happen to be within a certain distance from one of these points, you start getting specific ads.
– Apps often collect your offline data and send it to advertisers. The best example I can think of is a fitness tracker. You allow this device or app access to your phone, and it begins doing its job immediately. – When an app you’ve given permissions to sends your info to advertisers, it’s matched with the offers they can throw at you and you in particular. – Social media apps require access to many of your phone’s functions, including your microphone. But by giving this permission, you automatically let it listen to you even when you don’t intend to record anything.
– Social media apps have verbal triggers, or voice commands, that activate them to record you and then send the things you say to advertisers.
– This collection of data is more or less innocent. The only third parties receiving your info are advertisers, and there’s nothing too personal in there. The things you say are anonymized, which means they can’t be traced back to you. – There are ways to protect yourself if you don’t want ads to go barging into your personal space. Most important of them all is a VPN, or virtual private network. It’s a perfectly legal means to hide your presence in the web and prevent others from snooping around in your private business online. – Also, if you want to turn ads off completely, there’s legal ad blocking software and browser extensions as well. Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz
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