Comment Re:just an ad... (Score 2) 75
Their pop-up advertising their own damn newsletter, or something, still managed to get in my way after about 20 seconds. I then closed the tab as I don't like being accosted while browsing.
Their pop-up advertising their own damn newsletter, or something, still managed to get in my way after about 20 seconds. I then closed the tab as I don't like being accosted while browsing.
There's a place for obscenities and your reply was exactly that place. To reply appropriately: Fuckin' A!
You are Kyril Bonfiglioli and I claim my five Jersey Pounds.
I once worked with a small web site owner to help clean up phishing sites that were on his site. We had a bit of trouble finding the last one on the server, a mix of my inexperience with web server configs and lacklustre support from his web host. Site Lock were convinced his site was 100% clean, even when the owner kept giving them the URL of the phishing site which was still working. They kept saying his site was clean, he has nothing to worry about! And to keep your site clean, why don't you pay us $LOL to help keep it secure?
This article is about 15 years late. Malware via adverts/trackers has been around since before the word "phishing" was coined. If the advertising industry gave any shits about fixing this, they'd have done it by now as it's a very simple problem to fix. But surprise surprise - they don't care, and neither do the sites complicit in selling their users to the advertisers!
Whatever you do don't mention the Superfish. I mentioned the Superfish but I think I got away with it.
I tried to do their free "Introduction to Linux" course, and got as far as the second section. Before I finished it I was overwhelmed by the navel-gazing and felt it should be renamed to "Indoctrination to Linux". I tell you what, though. I sure do know that Linux powers millions of devices from hobby horses to fridge magnets to spaceships! There are millions of devices using Linux, all under the power of some head penguin wearing a mortarboard.
In all seriousness I do have a good attention span, I can grit my teeth and labour past the bullshit and as a Windows monkey I genuinely wanted to try this approach. I just couldn't hack it.
note to self: stop punning when you start the sentence with "in all seriousness".
Are these the glasses that AVG big-wigs wear when they set up their affiliate toolbar installer program, or the "AVG Secure Seal" badges they use to endorse malware sites as "secure"?
Neither can I, so I'll reply to your reply. I'm so glad that one web site in the world finally stops wasting my screen real estate. The width is actually used for content, not cruft! And once side navigation is scroll past, the comments actually take up the width of my screen. It's like someone who actually uses web sites finally designed on.
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