How does Amazon know what I searched on another device? I'm not logged in. | allinfosecnews.com

Oct. 10, 2022, 9:38 p.m. | /u/luka_anders

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This just happened a couple of minutes ago. I was searching for a specific main-follow plug board on my PC. I came across some results on Amazon, and clicked on them. When I searched something completely different a few minutes later on Amazon using my smartphone a "continue where you left" message popped up, and they showed me the plug board I had looked for on my PC, as well as my search term. I'm using Firefox on both devices …

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