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I have vowed that this year I'm going to use a private profile for Christmas shopping, but the problem is that once I actually buy the present, that's going to be tied into their database whether I use a private session or not.

And since they love to show you ads for things you just purchased, which makes no sense to me at all, then I have to hide my browser windows from that person until December 25th or they'll be able to tell what I got them by looking at the right margin of any page I'm visiting.




Buy the gift now and by the time December rolls around the targeted ads will have lost interest.


Oh the exquisite joy of having to talk a friend or loved one out of buying the thing that you got them for Christmas without giving it away.


Or install an ad-blocker.




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