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Amazon Snooping Your Surfing For Targeted Ads?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shoulder-surfing-retailers dept.

Jewfro_Macabbi writes, "Recently after browsing major online retailers for Bluetooth adapters, I went to Amazon.com to find front-page ads for, you guessed it, Bluetooth adapters. Disable cookies, the ads go away; re-enable cookies and the ads re-appear. The EULA is ambiguous as usual. Try it for yourself and see."

2 of 124 comments (clear)

  1. Old cookie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are you sure you didn't already have a cookie from Amazon from a long time ago? You certainly seem like a retarded asshole to me.

  2. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is the worst slashdot 'article' ever.