Woodie
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Post by Woodie on Oct 10, 2010 17:34:17 GMT -5
um this has been happening to me on different sites but now i have a mac ok and i made a new tab in safari and where WF shows there new ads at the top it come oil spills at ******** (town i live in)
does ne1 know how they do this and are we safe?
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Post by Oskanowski on Oct 10, 2010 17:37:41 GMT -5
I noticed that too. 
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JWC
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Post by JWC on Oct 10, 2010 17:56:49 GMT -5
yea like craigslist it automaticaly puts it where i live at but aslong as it dosent know my adress then i wouldent really worry about it
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Post by Jimmy on Oct 10, 2010 17:58:49 GMT -5
yeah I was just on some site and it was all "one visitor from Wilmington North Carolina" and I was all like  YOU WEBSITE. |
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Post by Happy Pizza on Oct 10, 2010 18:00:26 GMT -5
Anybody remember the website somebody posted here around last year? You would type in your name and it would give you pictures of your house. It had quite a few people upset.
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Post by gordon on Oct 10, 2010 18:00:46 GMT -5
Yeah I always see ads saying "Hot single girls in Birmingham" etc.
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Post by GBGav on Oct 10, 2010 18:01:33 GMT -5
I get this on some sites which have dating ads down the side. It'll have a pic of some lass and it'll say something like "hot singles in Gateshead" when the pic is clearly taken in the US or somewhere.
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Post by Yeezy's Mullet: Team X Blades on Oct 10, 2010 18:03:51 GMT -5
Isnt' it just them determining your location by your IP address?
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Post by Jimmy on Oct 10, 2010 18:13:53 GMT -5
"Hot single girls in Birmingham" I DOUBT IT! |
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Post by CF9™ on Oct 10, 2010 18:25:39 GMT -5
I get this on some sites which have dating ads down the side. It'll have a pic of some lass and it'll say something like "hot singles in Gateshead" when the pic is clearly taken in the US or somewhere. Umm... If I'm not mistaken, I think internet advertisements are related to what you commonly look up. |
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Post by MC2 on Oct 10, 2010 18:27:17 GMT -5
Never had this happen...
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Oct 10, 2010 18:28:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2010 18:29:16 GMT -5
This happend to me when i go on lordsofpain.net. Except now the ads are about russian girls.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2010 18:46:14 GMT -5
ding ding ding a winner is you! |
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Post by katphishjake on Oct 10, 2010 19:28:38 GMT -5
Isnt' it just them determining your location by your IP address? that'd be too simple of an explanation. big brother FTW |
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Post by spamdfms101 on Oct 10, 2010 20:16:25 GMT -5
I've noticed that too. No clue how they determine that though.
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Villa
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Post by Villa on Oct 10, 2010 20:33:10 GMT -5
"Hot single girls in Birmingham" I DOUBT IT! He means Birmingham in the UK. but still i agree |
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Oct 10, 2010 21:29:49 GMT -5
Most of the sites I get those messages from lists me as living in Pawtucket.
Last I checked, I was in North Providence.
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Post by Jack Specific on Oct 10, 2010 21:33:13 GMT -5
It's nothing to worry about. It does not really know your location, only the location of the IP# that you get from your ISP. We'll be getting more adfree in soon anyway.
JS
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