Re: nextdoor.com?
From: Lyle Scheer (wonkomonkeyhouse.org)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 09:14:51 -0800 (PST)
On 1/5/16 9:07 AM, Sharon Villines wrote:
>
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 11:40 AM, Lyle Scheer <wonko [at] monkeyhouse.org> wrote:
>>
>> Facebook and google want to sell your personal information to
>> advertisers (while in theory protecting your privacy... ie, they don't
>> attach your name to it… 
> But on NextDoor, since membership is restricted by address, know where you 
> live and have confirmed your identity. With no effort they can geographically 
> market to you.
They certainly can to your general area, but you don't have to give them
your correct address... just one close enough in your neighborhood.
>
> But Facebook seems to have its own tracking system I have yet to discover.
>
>
adblock works relatively well in blocking out ads.  You have to remember
though that it has a setting to allow so-called "good" ads through,
which is enabled by default and you can disable it.

- Lyle



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