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Question

For those that shop online, is this a bit of a shock?

May 20, 2019 10:28AM PDT

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Answer
Nope
May 20, 2019 3:25PM PDT

Everyone is tracking everyone.
Looks like it ties in with G-mail.
So if you don't use G-mail perhaps a non-issue?

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I've been asking around.
May 20, 2019 3:46PM PDT

Facebook gets data from more than facebook.

- Inquiring minds would like to know.

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From what I understand
May 21, 2019 5:15AM PDT

Though web sites cannot access and read one's cookies, sites that set the same cookies may have access to some activity. Cookie clutter grows quickly and it's not possible, by their names, to discern where they came from.