> Making sure tech-inexperienced friends and relatives have an ad blocker makes a night-and-day difference in the amount of damage control and cleanup you'll ha

> Making sure tech-inexperienced friends and relatives have an ad blocker makes a night-and-day difference in the amount of damage control and cleanup you'll have to deal with. I understand there are people who need safety rails (or shouldn't be using computers at all), but that doesn't really negate my point. Most ads are not malicious, and the web is perfectly usable and safe without an ad blocker, providing you use common sense.