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Ad blocking happens on your own computer, which you are authorised to make changes to. But simulating a click, therefore making an entry in another person's com
by beejiu 2y ago
Ad blocking happens on your own computer, which you are authorised to make changes to. But simulating a click, therefore making an entry in another person's computer is what makes it unlawful.
- icandoit 2y agoI sent a get request. If you put something in your database that's on you. Could we all be less eager to be the devil's advocate? "Chug your mandatory mountain dew in order to continue"
- codedokode 2y agoYes but technically you are not making an entry in someone's database; you merely send a request and it is not your problem that the remote computer misinterpreted this as displaying an interest in an ad. Remote server doesn't use any password, SMS confirmation or similar measure to restrict the users that are authorized to send requests so sending it sould be 100% legal. But as a proverb says, "the law is like a drawbar, you can bend it as you like".
- nkrisc 2y agoIf I purposefully click an ad even though I know I have no intention to purchase anything also unlawful?
- surgical_fire 2y agoFollowing that logic I should never click any links on the internet, since I would be potentially logging as activity on someone else's computer
- areyourllySorry 2y agowho allowed them to make entries in MY computer in the first place?