The other day, I did a search for USB hubs on Google. I was looking to see what is available for charging several devices at once. I came across some neat products, and even "pinned" them. (yes, I use Pinterest)
To my surprise, while reading my "news feed" on Facebook, I noticed an ad for one of the hubs I had shown interest in. Wow... talk about feeling a bit creepy. How did Facebook know? I didn't do the search through Facebook, I did it through Google. Oh, and isn't that info private?
Doing some research (of course), it appears that Facebook has the tools to be able to read the cookies on your browser, allowing them to see the products that you check out online. A tool that also allows companies to see who visits their sites as well. Pretty neat on some aspects, but also something that I'm not to happy about. Especially knowing that they could harvest info and link it to your profile.
You can read more in this article: http://mashable.com/2014/06/04/google-facebook-ads-search/
~Matt
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