Joe Hohmann posted:In my case, I find pop-up ads more related to my Google searches than my Facebook groups. Anyone want to suggest not searching for anything?
I'm not professional like some of the respondents here, but I had been led to believe there are some search engines that are less intrusive than Google.
I use one called Startpage for generic web searching, though I admit I do use Google when I want to look at maps, as Startpage does not have that feature.
Maybe I've been misled and Startpage is just as bad, so hopefully some who really know what they are talking about can confirm or dispute.
Rich's comment is a bit ironic.... I know he's been retired from the magazine for a while, but the logo at the top of the page has been up there for a while. Of course, that logo (along with the many train advertisers) is part of what keeps the forum free, so.......
And in case it's not obvious, I don't have a FB account, though I have viewed some pages that let you without logging in, so I guess I am screwed anyway in terms of FB grabbing any of my data they deem acceptable until they are told otherwise by law enforcement.
-Dave
