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Aggressive_FIamingo t1_j3jsyte wrote

Someone who uses your internet connection clearly does. Those ads don't come out of nowhere. I just disabled my adblocker and the ads I'm getting on their articles are for the Salvation Army and some shoe company. I'm certainly not getting adult ads.

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AnythingToAvoidWork t1_j3tb934 wrote

They might use a VPN. Those IPs are shared.

Ad logic can also be pretty tangential.

I searched for a duck themed tie for a murder mystery dinner thing and I immediately started getting ads for hunting gear.

The very fact that they know there's a movie about that person (news to me) probably means they've searched her

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