Re:“Ghost shark” captured on camera for the first time
by jawilson2 on Monday December 19, 2016 @01:19PM
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> Advertisement servers have been one of root ways drive-by attacks are dome on users
I hope this isn't a copy-paste of what you actually wrote.
Re:“Ghost shark” captured on camera for the first time
by user5994461 on Monday December 19, 2016 @03:42PM
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As if that guy had any clue what are "javascript" "drive by" or "DDoS".
Might as well have sent an email in chinese.
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I'm [kefka], a systems engineer. I regularly read Hacker News, https://news.ycombinator.com . A user linked to a story on your property, ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13206294 ) which goes to ( http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-ghost-shar... ).
It's the response that your website gives me when I try to go to said link: " Advertising revenue helps support our journalism To read today's stories, please turn off your ad blocker or subscribe"
I get that your company needs to make money, which I greatly understand and get. However, asking me to quit my adblocker or otherwise disable it is unconscionable. Advertisement servers have been one of root ways drive-by attacks are dome on users, combined with Javascript attack ads that end up with millions hacked. Forbes themselves, with a day of implementing the same Adblock-shaming techniques ended up being the site that infected 3 million with DDOS clients.
I am not against subscriptions, or static advertisements. You have to make money as well. But there's ways to run effective advertisements without alienating users.
But, if a program demanded you to disable your antivirus, would you? (That's the kind of situation I'm at).
Sincerely, [Kefka]