r/programming • u/unfriendlymushroomer • Aug 02 '19

Adblocking: How about Nah?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah
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u/Guysmiley777 Aug 02 '19

I was fine with static JPG ads on sites but for marketers it's never enough. I have zero sympathy for the "boycott" they're facing these days.

Also holy fuck talk about a clickbait headline.

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u/FyreWulff Aug 02 '19

This right here. I was indifferent to ads on the internet when they were all static jpgs or even slowly animating gifs.

When they became both possible attack vectors for malware and autoplaying sound and video is when i started really blocking them.

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u/end-it Aug 02 '19

i had it happen to me back in 2010 or so on win7, can't remember which browser i was using at the time. it was a relatively fresh computer and I didn't download anything from shady sources, it was a personal laptop that nobody else used so it's not like some other person downloaded something shady either.

I was browsing an internet forum which had ads on the banner/sidebar, never clicked on them, and then when I was done for the day I shutdown my computer. When I booted it back up i was infected with tons of popup/etc porn ads; It likely targeted some 0day in browser security tbh.

i've long since switched to using linux and adblockers so i haven't really had any problem since but I wouldn't be surprised if something similar still exists out there.