Over the years, the NY Times has delivered malware multiple times. In 2009 it turned your computer into a slave in the Bahama botnet and just recently it served

Over the years, the NY Times has delivered malware multiple times. In 2009 it turned your computer into a slave in the Bahama botnet and just recently it served ransomware, along with some other high-profile, high-traffic websites. Third party (Javascript-based) ads should be blocked for security concerns if nothing else. As for the sponsorship banner that Troy is talking about - it's still an ad. A rather minimal, tasteful ad - but an ad at the end of the day. [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... E: So jsnell's post does not seem insane, after finishing my full read of Troy's post I figured out why the parent post had been downvoted: almost nothing to do with the article. I then removed my line questioning why from my post.