>I do care about personal security. I don't see what blocking ads has anything to do with that. Do you have absolutely zero personal information tied to or sto

>I do care about personal security. I don't see what blocking ads has anything to do with that. Do you have absolutely zero personal information tied to or stored on your computer? A compromised computer would be compromised security in such a case. >I've never seen or heard of anybody who's ever lost any money due to an ad load. It's just irrational paranoia. Look into malvertising and especially ransomware. Just because it hasn't happened to you or someone you know doesn't mean it hasn't happened. It's also happened on big name and high trafficked sites like The New York Times, Yahoo!, the Huffington Post, and more. We're talking hundreds of thousands of people who have been financially impacted due to malicious ads on otherwise "trusted" sites. Even sites that specifically requested they disable their ad blocker, like Forbes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising [1] http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/big-name-sites-hit-by-rash-of-malicious-ads-spreading-crypto-ransomware/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/big-name-sites-hit-b...