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Ludite needs online help

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March 22, 2025, 06:46 PM
Windwolf
Ludite needs online help
I am 65 yo.not tech savvy. My wife keeps complaining that my interests cars,tools,guns ect keep showing up on her laptops feed. Is there a way to get around this ? We obviously utilize the same Internet source.Dont have access to a 12yo. Thanks for any assistance you can provide!!
March 22, 2025, 06:55 PM
ArtieS
Tell her to search lingerie and bikinis. Her problem with cars and guns will go away.



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Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
March 22, 2025, 08:15 PM
MikeNH
In what feed? If it is Youtube, you can create your own accounts. If it is Facebook or other social media, you may have a tougher time as those ads will just be tied to any search activity.
March 22, 2025, 08:32 PM
smschulz
Get your own computer. Eek
March 23, 2025, 05:52 AM
egregore
If using Windows and Edge browser, use the "InPrivate" function. It doesn't hide your searches and visited sites from an ISP, nor does it keep them from being stored in the hard drive, but it does hide them from search engines and deletes them from browsing history when the window is closed.
March 23, 2025, 09:41 AM
sig2392
Download and run the free version of CCleaner.

https://www.ccleaner.com/download

and install ad block plus

https://adblockplus.org/adblock-plus-chrome

This should take care of most of it.
March 23, 2025, 11:48 AM
architect
Most operating systems these days are multi-user. This means that more than one person can have an account on that system. Each account holder will login to tell the computer which identity they want to act as, this means a separate user name and password for each account. I am no Microsoft Windows expert. but I believe that most recent versions have this capability.

So, create your own account on the laptop, and simply use it, rather than the wife's account, for all your gun porn, etc.
March 23, 2025, 01:22 PM
shovelhead
After the Mrs. ordered from a online retailer I now get feeds from the on FB. She doesn’t have FB nor uses mine. We both have our own iPads and iPhones so all I can assume that they tag (the right term?) our I.P. Address with cookies from that site?


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March 23, 2025, 02:06 PM
pbslinger
If she complains about something this minimal, she is pampered. Give her something larger to complain about. You need more tools and equipment in the kitchen.