10 error messages that prove my computer knows too much about my personal life

Has this happened to anybody else?
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Tyler Schmall
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Like many of us, I spend a lot of my time working on my computer. And when I'm not working, I'm watching Netflix or writing my original fantasy novel about a wizard school for children.

But lately, I've noticed that whenever my computer sends me an error message, it almost seems to know a lot about my personal life.

Take a look at some of the error messages I've been receiving. Has this happened to anyone else?

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Tyler Schmall

Tyler Schmall is a humor writer based in NYC and a friend of yours. You can follow him on Twitter @tylerschmall where he has been known to post "tweets."

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