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 Targetted advertising - rtj70
>> I am always a bit un-nerved when they are matched geographically to where I live

Google knows who's IP address you are using and where they are based. So the country is fairly easy to do but so is city. For example, Virgin Media's IP address ranges pinpoint which area you are in.

When I was in the lake district I used a Three mobile wifi hotspot device that I have. This site then thought I was in Germany I think!
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