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Re:Apple Eyeing Time Warner Acquisition by izacus on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:03AM (#10894273)
Heh, funny, since I get mostly "Get rich fast" ads with pictures of stacks of Euros with ad number 2) from your description the only one that's the same :)

In any case it seems to tell a lot about geolocation targeting.

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Re:Apple Eyeing Time Warner Acquisition by ssharp on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:05AM (#10894288)
I'd normally hold my head in shame and think about what else I've been looking at to trigger these ads, but I know my work browsing is strictly professional :)

edit: Just checked on the site on a fresh EC2 Windows instance with no browsing history/cookies and got the same ads.

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Re:Apple Eyeing Time Warner Acquisition by craigching on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:16AM (#10894357)
> no browsing history/cookies and got the same ads.

Maybe that's the point ;) With no history, they're using what works best :D

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