Do you have a Google account? You know how Google Ads are based on things you’ve searched for? Did you know you can opt out of that? You’ll still get ads, but they won’t be based on things you’ve been discussing in Gmail or watching on Youtube, or any other creepy things like that.
I assume Google will still store all of that info, but at least there will be one less place they are using it to make money off of you.
Go here:
https://www.google.com/settings/
Click Account History from the menu near the top of the page.
At the bottom of the page there is a section called Related settings. Go to Ads and click edit settings.
At the bottom of the table there is a row called Opt-out settings. You can opt out of focused ads both on Google sites, and on non Google sites.
I found this information on this article from BGR.com.
Did you notice what it says when you hover over Opt-Out? The little box pops up saying you’ll still see ads, but now they won’t have anything to do with your interests, age, or gender. Whoop-de-doo. So even if you opt out, you’re still going to see ads. Thanks a bunch, Google.
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