Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Your computer is watching you: How sinister 'cookies' track your every move online...

Have you ever had the feeling your computer is watching you? That somehow it knows what you were looking at yesterday, or last year?

And that rather than being your technological ‘friend’ it behaves more like a slick second-hand car salesman?

You fancied flying to Paris so you checked out airfares . . . and before you knew it, your Facebook page was plastered with advertisements for hotels on La Rive Gauche.

Your daughter bought a record by One Direction. Now, the family computer is bombarded with ads for boy band concerts.

Anne Crabtree, a 32-year-old writer, knows exactly how this feels — because it almost ruined her wedding day. Full story...

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