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And then you get hooked on it and start using it for real
(sh.itjust.works)
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this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024
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Btw, news and software sites are scarier in malvertising than porn sites.
Remember when Forbes loaded malware onto people's computers after demanding they turn off their ad blockers? Cause I sure do.
Oh wow, I hadn't heard of this before but boy oh boy
That’s not really Forbes serving the malvertising intentionally. If your site hooks into a programmatic advertising stack, the risk of malware exists. This is from 2016, but it’s mostly true today. If a user is blocking ads and cookies and they disable their ad blocker on a specific site only, there’s little data to know about that user. So you get low $CPM on the bid which is mainly where the malicious ads win bids on actual quality sites. That’s why most top sites are very strict on who can bid nowadays.