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Re:Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Dive into the Technology of ... by 3xblah on Saturday December 28, 2019 @03:56AM (#21897927)
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:fv751yt5934/SHEG%20Ev...

Unfortunately, the following responses were not among those seen in the study:

"Because when I move the cursor/mouse over it, I can see it points to an ad server."

"Because when I view the page source I can see it is filled with links to ad servers."

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Re:Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Dive into the Technology of ... by TeMPOraL on Saturday December 28, 2019 @05:14AM (#21898162)
Yeah, unfortunately, because that's one heuristic that never fails me: the more ads there are on a page, the less trustworthy the source is.
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