▲ 670 ▼ Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons (www.404media.co) submitted 2 years ago by CriticalMiss@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 14 points 2 years ago (6 children) Aren't those ads personalised to your browsing history? permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago Should that be a reason to get adds for illegal things? … at all? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bonehead@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Tangently...you read one gay rights article and suddenly your ad feed is filled with hot single dads in my area... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 points 2 years ago Nice 👍 permalink fedilink source parent [–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Do you have a link to the article? permalink fedilink source parent [–] deadcream@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago They are personalised by the "bucket" that data collection companies like Google or Facebook placed you into based on profiling. Browsing and search history is only one of the factors that is taken into account when you are profiled, there are myriad more ways to collect data about you. And then what ads you see is determined by what advertisers think your "bucket" wants. If you are male in your 20s living in rural USA and advertisers think that males in their 20s living in rural USA are interested in guns, then that's what you will see - even if you never clicked on gun ad or searched for guns on Google. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Iusedtobeanadventurer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Personally whenever I go to Instagram all I get are cat videos and ads about "targeted mushrooms" and kava drinks... It all checks out ¯_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent [–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Or you just happen to live in an area with many addicts. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago Should that be a reason to get adds for illegal things? … at all? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Tangently...you read one gay rights article and suddenly your ad feed is filled with hot single dads in my area... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 points 2 years ago Nice 👍 permalink fedilink source parent [–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Do you have a link to the article? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Do you have a link to the article? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deadcream@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago They are personalised by the "bucket" that data collection companies like Google or Facebook placed you into based on profiling. Browsing and search history is only one of the factors that is taken into account when you are profiled, there are myriad more ways to collect data about you. And then what ads you see is determined by what advertisers think your "bucket" wants. If you are male in your 20s living in rural USA and advertisers think that males in their 20s living in rural USA are interested in guns, then that's what you will see - even if you never clicked on gun ad or searched for guns on Google. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Personally whenever I go to Instagram all I get are cat videos and ads about "targeted mushrooms" and kava drinks... It all checks out ¯_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Or you just happen to live in an area with many addicts. permalink fedilink source parent