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"...and I'm generally very cautious with account security." "Two days ago, I spotted an ad while browsing Facebook..." Those two statements are mutually exclus
by redleggedfrog 6y ago
"...and I'm generally very cautious with account security."
"Two days ago, I spotted an ad while browsing Facebook..."
Those two statements are mutually exclusive.
- TillE 6y agoI'm constantly baffled by the number of tech-literate people who don't use ad blockers. I don't know how they can stand it.
- Avamander 6y agoYou're acting like Facebook isn't hostile to adblockers, Facebook is making it very difficult to block their ads continuously.
- drcongo 6y agoIt's easy, I have every single Facebook owned domain blocked at the network level and I never see a Facebook ad. Or Facebook.
- jacquesm 6y agoUnless you're in ad-tech there is no reason why you would.
- zerr 6y agofwiw Facebook has a dedicated team for adblocker circumvention.
- GoblinSlayer 6y agoHe literally buys ads and fell for this scam because it proposed ad credit. Oh, wait, he got what he deserved.
- jlarocco 6y agoI wouldn't go quite that far, but the sense of schadenfreude on reading the article was through the roof. Spam and web advertising have always been underhanded, and if a person with "15+ years in adtech" can't avoid an ad scam, what does that mean for everybody else?
- akersten 6y agoMaybe not "spotted" an ad while browsing Facebook (since even with uBlock Origin, FB is ruthless at shoving Sponsored posts into the feed), but certainly clicking on an ad disqualifies one from being able to claim "I am cautious with account security." That was like, the #1 rule I learned in the 90's: don't click on banner ads unless you want to get a virus or get scammed, what the heck.