For those in-game ads, does anybody know how WP decides what ad to display for me?
I always thought they were a little suspiciously targeted toward me. But recently something happened that really has me spooked.
Last week my two-year-old son was diagnosed with a condition. It's not common, definitely not common in this country, and I'd never heard of it before. My interaction with the name of the condition includes only:
Well now when I play Taptitude I see ads for a medicine that supposedly treats this condition. The condition is mentioned right in the ad. And like I said, it's not a common condition and I'd never heard of it before last week.
This really ticks me off because of all of Microsoft's insistence that they're not reading my e-mail. But somehow information about my recent concern with this condition is getting associated with my phone.
I always thought they were a little suspiciously targeted toward me. But recently something happened that really has me spooked.
Last week my two-year-old son was diagnosed with a condition. It's not common, definitely not common in this country, and I'd never heard of it before. My interaction with the name of the condition includes only:
- E-mail (gmail, but I read it on my phone) exchanges with my wife after the doctor visit.
- Bing searches to learn more about the condition.
- Updating a document on Skydrive we leave for his babysitters to include the condition.
Well now when I play Taptitude I see ads for a medicine that supposedly treats this condition. The condition is mentioned right in the ad. And like I said, it's not a common condition and I'd never heard of it before last week.
This really ticks me off because of all of Microsoft's insistence that they're not reading my e-mail. But somehow information about my recent concern with this condition is getting associated with my phone.