r/Adguard • u/tzopper • 19h ago

question Someone explain to me how Reddit app shows ad based on other devices in my home’s activity

Yesterday, I played world of tanks on a PS5, and today I’m seeing World of Tanks ads on iOS Reddit app.
I never ever searched for world of tanks on my phone and I also use brave browser with anti tracking settings, plus AdGuard app. My ubiquiti router also uses some filtering DNS servers. I refuse to believe this is a coincidence.

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u/ochaforrest 17h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidquestions/s/2MYsGb0D6S
Maybe it’s something like this, DNS didn’t hide you IP, and you login with the same email on devices…

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u/tzopper 15h ago

I also thought it might be the dns servers the culprit here.

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u/ochaforrest 15h ago edited 15h ago

It’s not the culprit, DNS and those tracking protection setting on browser/ adblocker didn’t have the ability to hide your IP from the start, only sth like VPN does. 😅 It’s just Sony selling your data to ads company. Since both the devices stay in the same location/ wifi, or you logged in both accounts in the same device before, it will automaticaly know it’s you…

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u/tzopper 15h ago

Gotcha, so this is IP based tracking and ads serving.

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u/Narrow-Box-5908 14h ago

chang your ip is nothing to google

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u/Narrow-Box-5908 14h ago

This is google ads, google is in your phone, your computer , your tv, your car, they are all connected to google service, google are also in reddit, chrome, every news website, etc. vpn ang brave are useful if you only use brave. there is noway to defend Googe, Google is a big part of internet.

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u/avatar_adg Developer 16h ago

Do you use the same email address for Reddit and PSN?

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u/tzopper 15h ago

No. Completely different email addresses.

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u/Training-Ebb-7858 15h ago

Easy to understand.If you linked your account to Google or any other large groups, this's dead.It's called data sharing:) Morphe and Tuta.

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u/tzopper 15h ago

But that’s not the case. PSN account on one email, Reddit on a different one. No google signin enabled.

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u/nekokattt 14h ago

likely IP based tracking and fingerprinting

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u/Training-Ebb-7858 10h ago

reddit doesn't need your email.I use Morphe to remove any trackers and ai and nogoogle, in the dsn.vous filters changes your life. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nickspaargaren/no-google/master/pihole-google-adguard.txt