Advertisements are everywhere, what advertisers know about you?
Social media, search companies, you name it collect lot's of metadata about you every time you visit web site or use their services. That's on top of the real data they already know about you. All of that is done with one reason to provide advertisers on their platforms to target as precise as they want. However there are few things you could do to minimize exposure.
Step 1: Delete advertisement id on your devices. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, EFF created instructions article about it.
Step 2: Turn off ad personalization on Google devices and browsers here are 2 links for Mastodon posts: Android and Google Chrome
Step 3: Install ad blocking plugin into your browsers uBlock Origin.
*Step 4: This is challenging bonus step, and it will take a while and will depend on your experience level. But take a look at network-wide Ad Blocking software like PiHole.
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