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December 15, 2016 02:50 am GMT

5 ways to keep your holiday shopping secret

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The holidays are tough enough without every single surprise you have planned being spoiled by the stupid internet.

Wherever you shop and whatever you shop for, you are being tracked. It's not such a big deal in the summer, when shopping for flip-flops results in every single website you look at thrusting fresh flip-flop ads in your face

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During the holidays, though, you're busy trying to keep presents secrets and equally busy not leaving the couch while doing all your holiday shopping online. 

The internet couldn't care less. Ad networks pick up the news that your girlfriend is getting a Go Pro and then the only ads your computer shows are for Go Pros and Go Pro knock-offs. Those ads appear on websites and even on social media networks like Facebook.  Read more...

More about Ad Blocking, Privacy, Holiday Shopping, Holiday 2016, and Tech

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