No question is too strange, and no issue is too small for Tech 911 . This week, we explore a question from a reader who is finding things pop up in her Google history that she (claims) she never searched for. and it only gets more interesting from there.
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“I have a question that has been an issue for the last 3 years. So, I’ll be honest, my boyfriend and I watch porn each separately on our phones. We each have gone through each others’ phone activity through Google, and when he looks at mine, there are items in there that I never Googled, like live cams chat room stuff. I have never in my life entered this into my Google search but I have a suspicion that they are pop ups from the porn sites. I want to know how and why they come up as my searches. And there are other things that show up that I supposedly googled but I know for a fact I didn’t. Can you help me, please?”
It’s certainly possible that you’re getting popups during your browsing. sessions. and that these are appearing in your Google history. I just did a quick bit of research (for science), and these annoying ads can appear pretty regularly on even some of the more well-known sites one might first think to go to when one needs a little daily nekkid distraction. Continue reading “Why Is Porn I Never Googled Showing Up in My Search History?”