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Has Der Spiegel ever distributed malware via ads? I can't find anything solid, I can find a few scattered reports of such ... * https://plus.google.com/1006670

Has Der Spiegel ever distributed malware via ads? I can't find anything solid, I can find a few scattered reports of such ... * https://plus.google.com/100667046318444095686/posts/brFPEa1jeSq https://plus.google.com/100667046318444095686/posts/brFPEa1j... * https://plus.google.com/+SaschaEm/posts/K9Uvc6KCHKx https://plus.google.com/+SaschaEm/posts/K9Uvc6KCHKx (TIL: Germans swear by saying "Fuck!!" in English)

allendoerfer 10y ago
> (TIL: Germans swear by saying "Fuck!!" in English) There were studies about this on HN. Has something to do with foreign words being stored/associated at different points inside the brain and therefor being less offensive to foreign language speakers.
- rahrahrah 10y ago
  Yeah, that's why I swear in Nepali /s That's obviously bullshit, the actual reason is the omnipresence of the word fuck in the english language, and the omnipresence of the english language everywhere in the world. You just adopt it.
  - saint_fiasco 10y ago
    The omnipresence of English explains why in Germany they swear in English instead of French, but it does not explain why they swear in English instead of German. Why swear in a different language at all?
    - majewsky 10y ago
      This is purely anecdotal, but as a German, I like "fuck" because there is no German swear word that replicates its tone of voice and conciseness. But you can rest assured that I use plenty of German swear words, too. In this industry, the more languages you can draw swear words from, the better.
    - rahrahrah 10y ago
      What I'm trying to say is that that the language is different is irrelevant. It's a word that you hear ALL THE TIME, and so you use it, like all words that you hear all the time independently of the language. If you're German, those words are the German words, plus a couple of English words like "shit", "fuck", "yeah".
  - allendoerfer 10y ago
    Saying "shit" instead of "Scheiße", definitely sounds less rude to me.
alkonaut 10y ago
What is malicious? I consider any ad that has any kind of tracking to be malicous. I think they did that.
- yuhong 10y ago
  They are talking about many ad networks allowing arbitrary JavaScript/Flash etc to be executed.
- davidgerard 10y ago
  Well yes, but I mean specifically malware infections delivered by ad JavaScript.

allendoerfer 10y ago

> (TIL: Germans swear by saying "Fuck!!" in English) There were studies about this on HN. Has something to do with foreign words being stored/associated at different points inside the brain and therefor being less offensive to foreign language speakers.

rahrahrah 10y ago
Yeah, that's why I swear in Nepali /s That's obviously bullshit, the actual reason is the omnipresence of the word fuck in the english language, and the omnipresence of the english language everywhere in the world. You just adopt it.
- saint_fiasco 10y ago
  The omnipresence of English explains why in Germany they swear in English instead of French, but it does not explain why they swear in English instead of German. Why swear in a different language at all?
  - majewsky 10y ago
    This is purely anecdotal, but as a German, I like "fuck" because there is no German swear word that replicates its tone of voice and conciseness. But you can rest assured that I use plenty of German swear words, too. In this industry, the more languages you can draw swear words from, the better.
  - rahrahrah 10y ago
    What I'm trying to say is that that the language is different is irrelevant. It's a word that you hear ALL THE TIME, and so you use it, like all words that you hear all the time independently of the language. If you're German, those words are the German words, plus a couple of English words like "shit", "fuck", "yeah".
- allendoerfer 10y ago
  Saying "shit" instead of "Scheiße", definitely sounds less rude to me.

alkonaut 10y ago

What is malicious? I consider any ad that has any kind of tracking to be malicous. I think they did that.

yuhong 10y ago
They are talking about many ad networks allowing arbitrary JavaScript/Flash etc to be executed.
davidgerard 10y ago
Well yes, but I mean specifically malware infections delivered by ad JavaScript.