What kind of sorcery is this?

[IcyPeas]

I am aware that sometimes if you search for things on the internet you will start getting ads of the items you were searching for....

But yesterday I was on 2 web sites looking at sneakers. One was Saucony and the other was Allbirds. 2 legit sites. I looked around for a few minutes. Today I had an e-mail from each of these sites. How did they get my e-mail address?

I marked them as spam and didn't open them.

I'm baffled as to how they got my email.

[wyn borkins]

1. Odd & More Odd

I have not ever had that happen (to me) but I did search-a-bit and found this as a possible answer for you (...OR not).

[IcyPeas]

13. Thank you for that info.

[Tetrachloride]

2. 123. On your browser,

1. make sure your AUTOFILL is completely off
2. get an adblocker which blocks “web bugs”. (very small images)
——-
3. depending on operating system, you have a card in your Address Book / Contacts which is designated as You. change that You to another card which is fake


there’s a lot more that can be done. start with these

[Tetrachloride]

3. 4. Javascript

4a. Some browsers have SITE Preferences. this means you can
4b. block or allow javascript, cookies and more.
4c. One example is Omniweb for Mac.
4d. i have one browser set for Javascript to be off always . Advertising, login methods and malware often use Javascript

Chrome also has site preferences

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/114662?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

[Tetrachloride]

4. 5. Hosts files

get a local geek to install one for you, if you are not technically inclined

[Tetrachloride]

5. 6. Cookies: ..... i hesitate to wipe them all

but a third party cookie blocker is recommended.

depends on your operating system

[Tetrachloride]

6. 7. Little Snitch on Macs is extremely eye opening

I don’t know if there is a Windows equivalent

[Tetrachloride]

7. 8. Flash. -- not recommended

[Tetrachloride]

8. 9. Java also not recommended

Javascript and Java are different.

Javascript is on nearly every webpage.

Java is obsolete, buggy and holey and flatly unnecessary

[Tetrachloride]

9. 10. New email address. i use iCloud.

Gmail is popular but i gave it up

I believe both allow “aliased” addresses. my terminology may be incorrect

[IcyPeas]

12. Thank you for all these tips Tetrachloride

I use Gmail. I don't have Java or flash (is flash still around?).

I'll fiddle around tomorrow with some of your other suggestions.

Thanks

[Tetrachloride]

10. Abortion rights movement will be aware of these as well,

plus VPN networks such as NORD.

[mahina]

11. Saving on my calendar from r DUers suggestions. Thank you