[bdcravens]

Yes. CC companies are their own silo. Google aggregates data across multiple sources, and you can be certain that you'll start seeing ads related to purchases you've already made in meatspace.

[selectout]

While true, CC companies sell our data to other aggregators. So it's just adding in profit to a middleman while google is doing it themselves.

[bnegreve]

Is that true? It sounds like a crazy privacy issue, so I would be surprised. But maybe I am too naive.

[myko]

Oh nice, so the ads will be for things I'm actually likely to be interested in instead of random things I don't and will never care about?

[rebel]

The same argument could be made for an advertiser peeking into your windows at night and watching you in your spare time. Eventually you have to draw the line.

[myko]

Only if said advertiser is also my butler, cleaning my windows and waiting on me hand and foot.

This is a terrible analogy.