publicvoit, 2 months ago

@xro At least on the web, #malware gets distributed via the #advertisement propagation channels.

Therefore, an #adblocker + #NoScript add-on are mostly not for personal convenience but rather an important security feature.

As a side-effect, the web is faster and easier to consume without ads.

#security #ads

xro, 2 months ago

@publicvoit

I was actually mainly thinking about TV ads, billboards, analog newspaper ads, mailbox leaflets or whole papers that pretend to be a newspaper but are in reality a big ad, 😅

since thanks to AdBlockers, WebAds have seized to be a problem for me.

But you are right, the WWW without AdBlockers is a dangerous and unusable mess. At least here on the Web we have a technical solution against ads.

#malware #advertisement #adblocker #NoScript #security #ads

publicvoit, 2 months ago

@xro I see.

Good point and I agree.

ad WWW: I presume that 99%+ aren't using any protection against ads/malware in their browser. Therefore, I consider this (also) a very important threat to the public.