It isn't eBay placing the adverts you see, is it, Peter? As for the birth date, I do the same, 1 Jan 1901, it is funny to get Birthday messages on that day!
Brian Risbey ๐๐ On 11 Feb 2017, at 20:27, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: I usually do a complete delete of all history - most days several times. Is a losing battle Peter, even with DDG. I only use Google Scholar. I have a also Facebook page on which I deliberately give a false date of birth (makes me 97โฆ!). This I believe will diminish the ads. Bill > On 11 Feb 2017, at 19:51, Peter Curtis <pe...@augold.com.au> wrote: > > Hi everyone > I use Duck Duck Go as a search engine as it isnโt supposed to track you, yet > when I look up an item on the net thereafter everywhere I go Iโm bombarded > with ads for the item I searched for previously? > How do I avoid this? > Kind regards > Peter > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>