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Today I was watching a few YouTube videos about groundwork with horses. First time I did that. Yes, I was logged in.

Later today, I hopped on Amazon to track one of my packages. And in my suggestions, there were horse grooming kits, halters and the like, even though I had never before looked for things like these on there.

My mail addresses are different on the two places, and so are, of course, my passwords. I am on Linux with Firefox, uBlock etc. So this must be an incredible coincidence, a miracle, mind-reading, or maybe witchcraft?

I wonder what I could tweak to make things like this happen less in future. I am thinking of adding a Pi-hole to my router, yet I am no longer so sure, if it would help?

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[โ€“] MD756@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

cautiously lifts tinfoil hat off head

[โ€“] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 7 months ago

Don't entirely take it off: ad companies are as malevolent as you think. They're just not wiretapping you constantly.

There are plenty of easier ways to spy.