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(48,833 posts) Sat Aug 31, 2019, 12:15 PM Aug 2019

Big brother watching?

I am using a desktop iMac. Spouse is using a MacBook and connects to the Internet through WiFi from Comcast.

I have seen it before and again this morning: On Facebook I see an ad for an item which... spouse has been looking recently. No, not an ad at the margin but in the center "sponsored."

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Big brother watching? (Original Post) question everything Aug 2019 OP

Same IP address for both machines? Ptah Aug 2019 #1

I would imagine. Not even sure how one finds the I.P... question everything Aug 2019 #2

This link will show you Ptah Aug 2019 #3

Thanks question everything Aug 2019 #4

Not "big brother", just ad tracking. ManiacJoe Sep 2019 #5

Thanks. Just surprised me question everything Sep 2019 #6

Are they sync'ed with your 2naSalit Oct 2019 #7

Ptah

(33,494 posts)

1. Same IP address for both machines?

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Sat Aug 31, 2019, 01:59 PM

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question everything

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2. I would imagine. Not even sure how one finds the I.P...

Reply to Ptah (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 06:30 PM

Aug 2019

Ptah

(33,494 posts)

3. This link will show you

Reply to question everything (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 06:34 PM

Aug 2019

https://www.whatismyip.com/

question everything

(48,833 posts)

4. Thanks

Reply to Ptah (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 31, 2019, 06:48 PM

Aug 2019

iPv4 is the same

Public iPv6 is the same for the first four groups but different for the next four. It has 8 groups separated by :

No Local IP on the MacBook perhaps because it is connected via WiFi while my desktop is hard wired to the cable.

And for both it says ISP: Comcast Cable Communications.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

5. Not "big brother", just ad tracking.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:12 AM

Sep 2019

Your wifi router has one external IP address and 255 internal IP addresses.

The shared external IP address and all the third-party cookies is definitely feeding the ad systems lots of data based on all the internet activity happening in your house.

question everything

(48,833 posts)

6. Thanks. Just surprised me

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 11:40 AM

Sep 2019

2naSalit

(92,753 posts)

7. Are they sync'ed with your

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:12 AM

Oct 2019

iphones? Your iphone/smartphone listens to your conversations when not in use... I don't have one but I have discovered that others get such ads after we have conversed on certain topics that they never discussed previously. Just sayin'.

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