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0 pointsmirimir9y ago0 comments

Ads have never been safe. I got adware from an ad ~15 years ago.

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I believe it was said about web experience itself, not security side of things

That was the focus, yes. But "ads have been fine" was a far broader claim, and just too wrong to ignore. One bloody ad cost me hours of unbillable time. I even invoiced the site ;)

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0 pointsmirimir9y ago0 comments

Ads have never been safe. I got adware from an ad ~15 years ago.

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emp_zealoth9y ago

I believe it was said about web experience itself, not security side of things

mirimirOP9y ago

That was the focus, yes. But "ads have been fine" was a far broader claim, and just too wrong to ignore. One bloody ad cost me hours of unbillable time. I even invoiced the site ;)

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