![]() ![]() “This botnet was used to inject ads and cryptocurrency mining code into websites the victim would visit,” says the company's cyber security architect, Ian Heritage. Not very good for ad effectiveness (to be fair it isn't really relevant to me) but if I'm allowing ads exactly what I want it to be.Last year, Trend Micro discovered a new botnet delivered via a Chrome extension that affected hundreds of thousands of users. ![]() I've honestly have never processed it (or other ads I am sure appear there) before. UPDATE: Heh, it is a day later, I am reading replies and just now realized there is a clearly labeled ad in the right sidebar. I do use uBlock Origin on Firefox Mobile as AdBlock Plus isn't available. Even though I am opt-in to the program I never see ads or they are so non-intrusive they don't even register with me. Ironically uBlock would eventually be bought by AdBlock and is now uses the Acceptable Ads program.įor what it is worth I use AdBlock Plus even though uBlock Origin is perhaps technically superior as I feel the Acceptable Ads program is a good compromise between allowing a way for websites to make money with advertising and me not being driven crazy by ads and/or my system being compromised by third-party ads. Raymond Hill, the creator of uBlock would separate from uBlock but continue developing the original codebase as uBlock Origin which would go on to become the more popular add-on, particularly among those fleeing AdBlock Plus and the Acceptable Ads program. it would later be forked by its original creator into uBlock Origin (for reasons I am unsure of and don't feel like figuring out -something to do with asking for and accepting donations I think). Despite being completely optional (albeit as an opt-out option) all the media and purists cared about was they were allowing ads and charging for it which pretty much caused AdBlock Plus to fall out of favor.Īround the same time uBlock came on the scene and gained popularity for being less memory-intensive. There is nothing technically wrong with AdBlock Plus (which is not the same as AdBlock, which is actually inspired by AdBlock Plus, which was inspired by the original Adblock extension after it has ceased development - open source projects have some odd forks).ĪdBlock Plus got themselves into controversy by creating the Acceptable Ads program that allows non-intrusive ads (as defined by them at the time although it is now defined by The Acceptable Ads Committee) to be displayed, on top of that they charged larger ad-networks (like Google) for inclusion in the program while smaller websites could participate for free. UBO has tamed that parasitic beast, and I for one am glad! I prefer Reddit (and all reading) via my NUC-PC on a 55" 4K anyway. It went from just annoying to now insane, but if it's all one has ever known it becomes normalized. ![]() The Reddit app mention was more of an example of the spam-ad explosion that's taken over the Wild Wild Web since I started using it, some 3 decades ago ( AOL). Chrome browser and other unused but uninstallable apps are disabled & hidden/grouped I'm installing Lineage OS on Moto soon anyway. Having a UBO-type extension for the entire Android phone is intriguing indeed, especially if it's FOSS.Ĭurrently, I use Firefox & Brave browser (both synced to my master Linux Mint-C PC) on my Android, which thus comes with UBO. I will be looking into all of these ideas, as I really do get into tech stuff. Wow! See how cool people are? Everyone jumped in to help me with the Reddit app on Android issue.
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