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ManiacJoe

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5. Not "big brother", just ad tracking.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 03:12 AM

Sep 2019

Your wifi router has one external IP address and 255 internal IP addresses.

The shared external IP address and all the third-party cookies is definitely feeding the ad systems lots of data based on all the internet activity happening in your house.

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Big brother watching? [View all] question everything Aug 2019 OP

Same IP address for both machines? Ptah Aug 2019 #1

I would imagine. Not even sure how one finds the I.P... question everything Aug 2019 #2

This link will show you Ptah Aug 2019 #3

Thanks question everything Aug 2019 #4

Not "big brother", just ad tracking. ManiacJoe Sep 2019 #5

Thanks. Just surprised me question everything Sep 2019 #6

Are they sync'ed with your 2naSalit Oct 2019 #7