Re:AdNauseam – Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To
by LoSboccacc on Sunday August 27, 2017 @07:47AM
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wouldn't say "support" but would say I wouldn't mind ads that are a passive image link; you could still track the source by referrals/url without an active payload using less intrusive standards.
the problem is twofold however:
1) I'm not managing my ad blocking list, that's too much of a task so I delegate it to list maintainers. list maintainers don't really want to have acceptable ads policies because at the first mishap they'd lose the hard earned trust completely. there was an attempt but they were white listing not just basic banners but active components, so thanks but no thanks.
2) as soon as you create a set of marchers/rules/something to allow certain ads trough, bad actors will try to exploit it, especially if the while policy does something like allowing scripts with the graphical payload. (also css can include fonts and fonts have been exploited multiple times, so there's also that - an acceptable ad is not something advertiser really like)
the problem is twofold however:
1) I'm not managing my ad blocking list, that's too much of a task so I delegate it to list maintainers. list maintainers don't really want to have acceptable ads policies because at the first mishap they'd lose the hard earned trust completely. there was an attempt but they were white listing not just basic banners but active components, so thanks but no thanks.
2) as soon as you create a set of marchers/rules/something to allow certain ads trough, bad actors will try to exploit it, especially if the while policy does something like allowing scripts with the graphical payload. (also css can include fonts and fonts have been exploited multiple times, so there's also that - an acceptable ad is not something advertiser really like)