I have HBO with my cable, so I wanted to watch something on it(because FIOS on demand sucks). So a couple months ago I went HBO, without signing in. Because they don’t have that automatic thing that check in to see who my service provider is without having to create an account. They let me pick my provider, but it won’t automatically sign in, like some other sites will.
Now once a week I’m getting emails from HBO in my Gmail, to signup for HBO. The was before the new Edge, so I was still using chrome.
PeterC
<p>>> Is google spying?</p><p><br></p><p>Yes.</p>
PeterC
<blockquote><em><a href="#440927">In reply to Lordbaal:</a></em></blockquote><p>But they have your IP address. Google log you by your ip as well as email, mobile number etc etc as do others like your cable provider etc etc </p><p><br></p><p> All one big jolly cauldron of data with multiple identifiers in play at the same time, to sort by depending on the situation or advertiser attempting to market to you etc. They hoover up data from their systems, and buy in other “offline data” to cross reference you by, eg master card data etc, isp data, loyalty card points data etc etc, and then present your so called, “anomalysed” user profile to all the companies who pay google to access their marketing database. They have you fixed at home and on the move etc if you use android or any google app on iOS, as do Facebook, amazon etc etc</p><p><br></p><p>its a nightmare mate. People are only just waking up to the scale of data held and how it’s collected and the inter sharing relationships these companies operate. It’s totally scary nd it won’t end well…..</p>