5.) Delete all social media accounts.
6.) Stop using any device that's connected. I forget the name of it but
there is a security rating (class C? I forget) where no connectivity, no
keyboard no monitor and no external drives are required. Or something along
those lines.
7.) Become Amish.

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Stuart Kinnear <stu...@skproactive.com>
wrote:

> There is a few things you can do.
>
> 1) use DuckDuckGo as your search provider
> 2) remove all your history from Chrome (and the other browsers for that
> matter). - I got a shock and found over 155000 entries in my history dating
> back some years
> 3) only run your browser in private mode
>      For Chrome:
> C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
> --incognito
>
>     Ditto for Internet Explorer and FireFox, though off hand I cannot
> remember the command line shortcuts.
>
>      Oh, and don't forget your phone's settings !
>
> 4) Make sure you always log out of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn  and any
> other social media account.
>
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
>
>
>
> On 21 December 2014 at 10:58, DotNet Dude <adotnetd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you use Chrome? Do you search while signed into a Google account?
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks, a couple of days ago I ran a Google search for a set of
>>> fine-tipped pens, found them at Officeworks, and went down and bought them
>>> (as well as some paper and other stuff). This evening I went to this web
>>> page:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.myerrorsandmysolutions.com/how-to-install-certificates-file-cer-on-microsoft-windows-phone-based-devices/
>>> <http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg2z8MG4N4WJpKqQK4kWF2mHLdh7Wljf19pFfl03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myerrorsandmysolutions.com%2Fhow-to-install-certificates-file-cer-on-microsoft-windows-phone-based-devices%2F&si=6200614728499200&pi=9e5263a5-4dbd-47e4-f88e-a91272819878>
>>>
>>> In the middle of the page is a huge ad for the exact same pens that I
>>> bought. The URL of the ad is (truncated):
>>>
>>> http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk
>>> <http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg2z8MG4N4WJpKqQK4kWF2mHLdh7Wljf19pFfl03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleadservices.com%2Fpagead%2Faclk&si=6200614728499200&pi=9e5263a5-4dbd-47e4-f88e-a91272819878>?
>>> [cut] &adurl=
>>> http://www.megaofficesupplies.com.au/pelikan-artline-draw-system-pen-6-nib-sizes-1-2-3-4-5-8-black-wallet-6/%3Fdfw_tracker%3D2252-8735
>>> <http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg2z8MG4N4WJpKqQK4kWF2mHLdh7Wljf19pFfl03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.megaofficesupplies.com.au%2Fpelikan-artline-draw-system-pen-6-nib-sizes-1-2-3-4-5-8-black-wallet-6%2F%253Fdfw_tracker%253D2252-8735&si=6200614728499200&pi=9e5263a5-4dbd-47e4-f88e-a91272819878>
>>>
>>> I'm really, REALLY pissed off. I hate ads, I hate being tracked, I have
>>> a tiny set of white-listed cookies, I erase my browsing history every few
>>> days, and I didn't put anything that could identify me in any web pages in
>>> the last few days. So how the f***nig hell is this possible?! This is
>>> insidious, frightening and depressing.
>>>
>>> *Greg K*
>>>
>>
>>
>
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