[PLUG] [OT?] Internet privacy? ?? ???

[Richard Owlett]

On 02/02/2018 07:36 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 02/02/2018 05:11 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 02/02/2018 06:21 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
>>>> He suspects they have been publishing his email address.
>>>
>>> Please elaborate.
>>>
>>
>> I would if I could.
>>
>> I b geek -- he not
>>
>> He has associated the publication of his email address with videos he 
>> has viewed.
> 
> My own experience shows that YouTube keeps track of what videos I've 
> watched and, no doubt using Google's technology, gives me more options 
> similar to ones I've watched. Sometimes that's useful. Sometimes it's 
> not. But from the descriptions you've given, it sounds to me like he's 
> just seeing what YouTube thinks he wants to see. How that relates to 
> email, I have no idea.

That makes two of us.

He has apparently seen something to cause him to believe his email 
address is being published..

He, as any sane person would, finds that offensive.

As I emphatically avoid all the social media, I've no idea how to 
approach the issue.

Thank you.