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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by gruez on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:44AM (#46856603)
>I don't have a contract with the advertiser to provide genuine data back about what ads I've clicked and what I haven't.

Charges of fraud doesn't require a contract to be in place. That's the whole point of criminal law, it's so that you don't need to add a "don't screw me over" clause to every interaction you make.

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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by general1465 on Monday February 02, 2026 @10:37AM (#46857176)
How is that a fraud, when I don't get any money from the scheme?
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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by gruez on Monday February 02, 2026 @03:52PM (#46861372)
Gaining something isn't required: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud#Civil_fraud
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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by general1465 on Monday February 02, 2026 @05:55PM (#46863293)
By this logic, vandalism would be fraud too.
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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by gruez on Monday February 02, 2026 @06:45PM (#46864009)
Vandalism involves making material misrepresentations?
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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by general1465 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @12:00PM (#46873633)
Damaging property cost money to fix.
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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by direwolf20 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:49PM (#46876269)
Where's the misrepresentation?
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Re:AdBoost: A Browser Extension That Adds Ads To Every Webpage by general1465 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @08:17AM (#46899316)
Where is the misrepresentation in clicking on links?
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