For example, if:

  1. I’m on a tracking website like Linkedin
  2. I log out and close the browser
  3. I turn on the vpn and open the same browser
  4. I create a Spotify account

Is it possible that Spotify will give me targeted ads based on my home IP due to the cookies?

Thanks in advance

  • It’s also fair to point out that your browser may not know your external IP; if you’re behind a NAT, like a home LAN, your computer probably thinks its IP is the LAN IP, an address shared by millions of computers the world over. If you’re using a VPN, your external IP (which JavaScript could get) is the IP of the exit node - an IP shared with possibly dozens of other people. Of you’re not using a VPN, well… that’s on you. That’s privacy 101.