Whelp, here we go again

  • ConsciousCode@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Recently found this gem: https://adnauseam.io/

    It’s an ad blocker that only hides ads and clicks them for you in the background, which means you waste advertiser’s money, support creators, can’t get flagged for ad blocking as easily, and they can’t build a proper profile against your ad activity since it’s all noise. Haven’t installed it yet, but this might be the push I needed.

    • Contend6248@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      This might be an acceptable sollution, but what happens on the other side of the ad? If something maliciously is being spreaded, the click might have to happen in an isolated form from the rest of the system or the browser.

    • itsmect@monero.town
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      1 year ago

      The question is: How much data about me and my browser does clicking on the ads leak? I’m using libre wolf with additional hardening, including noscript, and I suspect that clicking on ads will not even register with the ad company?