Why I Work on Ads

Re:Why I Work on Ads by wayoutthere on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:43AM (#27063993)

People have been saying this for decades. I don’t see a way for this to happen that is both more convenient to users and not open to all manner of automated attacks that would be difficult if not impossible to track down.

Ad fraud is already a huge problem, as are things like ransomware. Micropayments would just give bad actors a direct line to your wallet.

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Re:Why I Work on Ads by pseudozach on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:19PM (#27066386)

You can allow certain domains to automatically withdraw from your bitcoin wallet and set limits to how much they can withdraw. This is not a technical problem but more of a marketing/adoption one. There are very smart people working on these: https://socket.money/

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Re:Why I Work on Ads by wayoutthere on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:11PM (#27079740)

And what happens when one of those domains gets hacked and a malicious script injected into their code that takes advantage of a 0-day in the browser to siphon the cash? Not at all a far-fetched situation as it’s how ransomware works today.

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