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A comment on Ask HN: A browser that clicks on every ad as a protest against Google?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: A browser that clicks on every ad as a protest ag... by gervu on Thursday May 30, 2019 @11:59PM (#20058122)
Malware happens because arbitrary JavaScript and bad browser API decisions. Popping background requests for stuff you don't actually want to run or display doesn't require executing arbitrary JavaScript.
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Re:Ask HN: A browser that clicks on every ad as a protest ag... by TrueDuality on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:28AM (#20061193)
Displaying most ads requires you to already be running javascript. When was the last time you viewed the web with javascript disabled?
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