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Re:Princeton’s Ad-Blocker May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking ... by eropple on Friday April 14, 2017 @04:15PM (#14116931)
For a long time I didn't adblock, because I do believe in paying it forward. But--set aside the psychological battery enacted to make you Believe In The Brand and still, at this point, advertising is a threat vector. Text ads? Don't mind them. Image-based ads like Project Wonderful? Also fine. But I block a lot of ads now just because I can't evaluate effectively the safety of their payloads.
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Re:Princeton’s Ad-Blocker May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking ... by grangerg on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:31PM (#14118265)
This is the only reason I use an ad-blocker. They are often an attack vector for 0day exploits. They remove that risk and the block comes off.
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