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How annoying Reuters included ads that redirect on mobile to pages informing me about viruses on my iPhone and an incredible huge lottery win. Too bad, it’s imp

by cygned 8y ago

How annoying Reuters included ads that redirect on mobile to pages informing me about viruses on my iPhone and an incredible huge lottery win. Too bad, it’s impossible to read the article on my phone. edit: mobile

fps_doug 8y ago
That's why ad blockers are absolutely necessary. Not to scam companies out of their revenue, but because you cannot trust them in running clean ads. Fake virus alerts even are the lesser evil, delivering browser exploits or draining the battery by running crypto-miners are much worse. You read about such incidents every couple weeks...
- cygned 8y ago
  On desktop, I use uBlock and Privacy Badger, but on my iPhone there doesn’t seem to be an option.
  - deleted 8y ago
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  - Retric 8y ago
    There are a few Add block options on iPhone what are they missing?
    - cygned 8y ago
      I am just not aware of them, I guess. Never looked into them to be honest.
  - innagadadavida 8y ago
    iOS has Adblock that comes with a DNS proxy using local VPN. Earlier it used to use the VPN to divert traffic to their app, but Apple banned that practice.
  - pmlnr 8y ago
    Firefox on mobile can also use uBlock on android, I wonder if the iOS version can do it as well.
    - LadyNike 8y ago
      One can use Firefox Focus in place of AdGuard on iOS and it will perform the content filtering. :)
  - benbristow 8y ago
    You can download a content blocker app like AdGuard which integrates directly into Safari through an official API.
  - kup0 8y ago
    I use 1Blocker through Safari and it works well. There are many others, some that may be cheaper or free
  - tomp 8y ago
    The basic version of 1Blocker is free, and works well for blocking ads. You just need a new-enough iOS.
ddeck 8y ago
link to cached version: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kP2I78Tf5YIJ:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-congress/facebook-confirms-data-sharing-with-chinese-companies-idUSKCN1J11TY+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=hk https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kP2I78...
rad_gruchalski 8y ago
I think this could be your network operator. Happens quite often to me on 3g in Germany, never when using wifi.
- cygned 8y ago
  I am in the US at the moment and actually on WiFi, so I guess that’s not the issue. But interesting that this happens to you. Never had that in Germany.
- tgb 8y ago
  Can that happen on an https page?
aembleton 8y ago
On Firefox for both Android and desktop, you can switch on tracking protection which removes 99% of ads including the Reuters one. This doesn't require you to install any plugins. I don't have access to an iPhone, but is this option available on Firefox for iPhone?

by cygned 8y ago

fps_doug 8y ago

That's why ad blockers are absolutely necessary. Not to scam companies out of their revenue, but because you cannot trust them in running clean ads. Fake virus alerts even are the lesser evil, delivering browser exploits or draining the battery by running crypto-miners are much worse. You read about such incidents every couple weeks...

cygned 8y ago
On desktop, I use uBlock and Privacy Badger, but on my iPhone there doesn’t seem to be an option.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- Retric 8y ago
  There are a few Add block options on iPhone what are they missing?
  - cygned 8y ago
    I am just not aware of them, I guess. Never looked into them to be honest.
- innagadadavida 8y ago
  iOS has Adblock that comes with a DNS proxy using local VPN. Earlier it used to use the VPN to divert traffic to their app, but Apple banned that practice.
- pmlnr 8y ago
  Firefox on mobile can also use uBlock on android, I wonder if the iOS version can do it as well.
  - LadyNike 8y ago
    One can use Firefox Focus in place of AdGuard on iOS and it will perform the content filtering. :)
- benbristow 8y ago
  You can download a content blocker app like AdGuard which integrates directly into Safari through an official API.
- kup0 8y ago
  I use 1Blocker through Safari and it works well. There are many others, some that may be cheaper or free
- tomp 8y ago
  The basic version of 1Blocker is free, and works well for blocking ads. You just need a new-enough iOS.

ddeck 8y ago

link to cached version: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kP2I78Tf5YIJ:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-congress/facebook-confirms-data-sharing-with-chinese-companies-idUSKCN1J11TY+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=hk https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kP2I78...

rad_gruchalski 8y ago

I think this could be your network operator. Happens quite often to me on 3g in Germany, never when using wifi.

cygned 8y ago
I am in the US at the moment and actually on WiFi, so I guess that’s not the issue. But interesting that this happens to you. Never had that in Germany.
tgb 8y ago
Can that happen on an https page?

aembleton 8y ago

On Firefox for both Android and desktop, you can switch on tracking protection which removes 99% of ads including the Reuters one. This doesn't require you to install any plugins. I don't have access to an iPhone, but is this option available on Firefox for iPhone?