Title: TL;DR: I sent a friend a link to Kotaku that had the word pizza, and a Dominos ad showed up magically at the top of my browser. I disabled my settings not knowing these are enabled by default.<p>Long version:
Today I was surfing Kotaku for kicks and started laughing as I was skipping through the YouTube video &#x2F; article about using a Red Baron Pizza Coupon that was 17 years old. (Link: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kotaku.com&#x2F;man-uses-17-year-old-coupon-for-frozen-pizza-bundled-wi-1539878046).<p>I thought it was great, so I decided to use Skype to pass the word around. No more than 2 seconds after sending the link out I had a nice &quot;Order Dominos Now!&quot; ad at the top of my screen.<p>FYI: Skype and Microsoft enable targeted ads by DEFAULT. I don&#x27;t mind having ads be presented to me from past traffic&#x2F;links&#x2F;urls&#x2F;etc. However, I thought it was really uncool that they are man-in-the-middling my chats to give me &quot;a better ad experience&quot; by parsing&#x2F;mining all my chats.<p>Link how to disable: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.skype.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;faq&#x2F;FA140&#x2F;how-do-i-manage-my-privacy-settings-in-skype-for-windows-desktop<p>As always Buyer Beware, and if you don&#x27;t pay for the product - you ARE the product.<p>Happy Sunday!
-Phrasz
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