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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday February 08, 2019 @04:16PM (#19118760)
> "Ad blocker" is #1 thing that should be installed first on every single browser, everywhere, to block third party ads.

Agreed. But I don't block ads just because ads are annoying. I don't even block ads because I don't like being tracked. My reason for blocking ads can be summed up in a single word.

Malvertising.

As soon as ad networks began trying to spread malware through ads was when ads moved from being a nuisance to a serious security concern.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by mrhappyunhappy on Friday February 08, 2019 @06:38PM (#19119682)
I block ads simply because I don’t want to see them. If a software annoys me I don’t use it. If a website is annoying, I leave. If a website is ok but ads are annoying, I block them.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by joshuamorton on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:58PM (#19120011)
Can someone explain to me where these "malverts" come up? I use two chrome profiles, 1 with an adblocker and 1 without, and browse pretty often with both, and while the experience without is undeniably worse (slower, bloated, garbage on the page), I've never gotten malware.

What is this stuff and where do I find it?

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by Sohcahtoa82 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @05:51AM (#19121727)
The Wikipedia page on Malvertising has several examples listed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising

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