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Adblocking here, and the only thing I see is the stupid 'quote of the day' prior to viewing the article. What attack have I dodged?
by joosters 11y ago
Adblocking here, and the only thing I see is the stupid 'quote of the day' prior to viewing the article. What attack have I dodged?
- mgbmtl 11y agoI think he meant an ideological attack on our choice of tools. The website displays a message asking us to disable our ad/tracking blocker to view the article.
- gavazzy 11y agoBut really, Forbes asked users to disable their adblockers, and then delivered malware: http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/forbes-website-used-to-spread-malware-but-what-can-other-businesses-learn/ http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-prot...
- joosters 11y agoOh, it seems like my adblocker blocks that message :)
- spyder 11y ago"Forbes asked readers to turn off adblockers then immediately served them malware" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10870892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10870892