A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case

Re:A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target i... by webreac on Thursday March 17, 2016 @07:37PM (#11308581)

The banner asks politely to disactivate the ad blocker. You just need to deactivate it on the page and you can read the article. You have a message of thank you. I think wired is very polite in its anti-adblocker policy.

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Re:A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target i... by rlidwka on Thursday March 17, 2016 @08:21PM (#11308843)

The way to ask politely is to provide "close this popup" button at an easily accessible place.

Saying "you can't view this content unless you register/disable adblock" is NEVER polite, no matter how many times you say "please".

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Re:A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target i... by tobltobs on Thursday March 17, 2016 @11:35PM (#11309703)

You should never read a Terms of service. You would be shocked about the shortage of the word "please". And most upsetting is that there is no "Just let me ignore this!" button next to the "Accept" button.

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Re:A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target i... by rlidwka on Friday March 18, 2016 @11:17AM (#11312321)

I've read a few. Admittedly, I've read ToS less times than I've clicked on "Accept" button.

Nonetheless, there is an external "Just let me ignore this!" button here:

http://bugmenot.com/

It lets you bypass registration with the most extremely annoying websites, so you don't have to register.

Or just keep your privacy, browse using TOR/VPN, and you can ignore ToS completely with no real-life consequences.

Thankfully, the battle between users and lawyers usually favor former.

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Re:A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target i... by Dylan16807 on Friday March 18, 2016 @07:39AM (#11311081)

>You would be shocked

That's a very strange and unwarranted assumption.

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