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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by HWR_14 on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:52PM (#30412100)
Block the code that they suggest changing the name, domain, and function signatures of? How?
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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by inlined on Monday February 21, 2022 @01:35AM (#30412555)
If the loops, if statements, and block scopes are similar then the graph can be fuzzily identified. They’ve had anti-plagiarism software for years.
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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by Deukhoofd on Monday February 21, 2022 @03:37AM (#30413286)
Annoyingly that would still require downloading them, which I'd definitely prefer not to. It's bloat that serves me no purpose.
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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by inlined on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:06AM (#30416626)
For popular sites a backlist could be formed after the first person downloads it.
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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by HWR_14 on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:48AM (#30417159)
Can you point me to some anti-plagiarism software? Because this doesn't sound like it will work at a non-trivial level.
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