Not Z stuff - Internet sites sharing your email address - for the web gurus

[Zed Head]

I was on Monster.com the other day looking at jobs and saved a bunch of links to my computer.  I was logged in to Hotmail at the same time.  The next day I had a bunch of emails from Monster about my incomplete job applications.  I hadn't logged in to Monster so obviously Monster knew that it was me on their site because Hotmail (Microsoft) had shared the fact that it was me on the Monster.com site.

 

Actually, I think that it's probably an error that exposed the fact the Monster and Hotmail share user information, since I didn't start an application for any of the jobs that I saved the links for.  Any web gurus or conspiracy theorists know anything about sharing information between sites?  Does Monster own Hotmail now, or vice-versa?

 

Kind of irritating that you can't trust any internet site at all now for confidentiality.

 

A complaint and a share, combined.  The internet is becoming one huge psyche-exploring machine. 

[Stanley]

Here's another one that I can't figure. A few months ago I tried to look up an architect as a favor for someone. IIRC it was on "whitepages". I didn't sign in there or give (knowingly) them any of my information. Also, I was not signed in to my yahoo email at that time. A day or two later I emailed my cousin asking for my other cousin's phone number. Then I got an email from "whitepages" saying they found Clarissa (my cousin, not the architect). Damn them.

Edited November 1, 2015 by Stanley

[hr369]

Mozilla add-on  BLUR

 

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Privacy settings FIREFOX

 

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And lastly disable third party cookies

Edited November 1, 2015 by hr369

[Zed Head]

Realized that Monster screwed up and that I was just being paranoid.  I had clicked "send me similar jobs" on Monster for a single job description and instead of doing so Monster sent me a bunch of "finish job application" notices.  The old "bait and switch", still alive, but with modern technology behind it.

 

I'm running Google Chrome in Incognito mode so the Firefox stuff won't help.  Thanks though.  Pretty sure though that as fast a blockers are developed, ways-around follow.  I still get videos that play automatically even though I have every possible blocking tool I can find loaded. 

[John Coffey]

The only way to possibly ensure your privacy on the Internet is to never go on the Internet.  No Facebook, no email, no browsers, etc.  Otherwise, assume its all out there for everyone to see.

[Mark Maras]

 BIG BROTHER. Orwell saw it coming.