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[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 17 points 2 years ago

I had to explain this similar concept to a co-worker who always puts his tracking info in his parts orders. He didn't understand until I started asking him about firearms parts he had been browsing on his own Amazon account.

His links are now sufficiently sanitized.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hold on... how were you able to find out about his amazon browsing habits from a tracking code? I thought end-users wouldn't have that information but only amazon themselves (+ their 391712 friends).

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[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 9 points 2 years ago

The firearms parts he was viewing were suggested to me as things people you know are interested in. He talks about it all the time, so I have him a hard time on the patriotic-sounding names to the parts.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago

The firearms parts he was viewing were suggested to me as things people you know are interested in

Wow... that's disturbing

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