Maybe you've never heard of bags by Louis Who? because their primary business is trademark bullying, and in support of that, they happen to make some not very well known bags.
Every advert should be pixels. Nothing more. Not executable code.
Those ad pixels should arrive to the ad network in raw form. Then the ad network themselves will encode it into a more efficient form for internet transmission such as PNG, or other form.
Even animated ads could be received as multiple still images and then encoded into efficient form by the ad network.
Even sounds. They could arrive at the ad network in high resolution form. The ad network encodes them into some internet friendly form.
The fact that the ad network is doing the encoding, using trusted tools, means you are not likely to find malware within the ad content sent to the user's browser.
The ad network wants pixels. Sequences of frames. Sound that could be encoded through an analog channel which re-digitizes the sounds.
Malvertisers would very go to a different advertising network.
What throttling is is slowing down data and removing customer control. Let me be clear. BingeOn is neither of those things.
What stealing is is when I take your property without asking and removing your ability to opt out or catch me in the act. Let me be clear. When I took your stuff, I did neither of those things.
This brings up the interesting observation that while Google can remove links due to a jillion DMCA filings, nobody has thought to make this apply to everyone's bookmarks as well.
10 AUTHORIZE MASSIVE SPYING ON AMERICANS (IGNORE 4TH AMENDMENT) 20 NSA SPIES ON CONGRESS 30 CONGRESS INVESTIGATES > breakpoint. Press C to Continue 40 NSA INTERFERES WITH INVESTIGATION 50 GOTO 30
This case can be expected to drag on for some time
Judge William Orrick . . . somewhat amused by the whole situation, but did not appear even remotely sympathetic to PETA's arguments . . . didn't dismiss the case outright, but rather gave PETA a chance to amend the suit
That's because he's hoping for more amusement. If he brings this case to a quick end, he'll just be back to presiding over boring cases.
Reporter Sarah Jeong, who attended the hearing, noted some of the more insane arguments from PETA's lawyers (again, from a big, well-recognized law firm) . . .
Why do they insist on executing code on my computer?
If all an advertiser wanted was to put an image in front of my face, that would be one thing. (Which could still be done to the point where I would be forced to block it.)
But then they had pop ups.
And then they want to execute code on my computer? Why does an advertiser have to execute code on my computer?
They have an attitude that they have a God given right to put ads on the inside of your eyelids once the technology becomes available.
They think they should be able to put ads on every surface on the planet.
What kind of thinking do you think is behind the rise of spam starting in the usenet days, and then moving to email, and then growing to what we have now.
If the ads are genuinely so important to those putting those ads on their sites, then they shouldn't have abused it, nor allowed the advertisers to abuse it so badly that everyone was universally forced into blocking ads.
Suppose I sell you ground beef. And I depend upon this for income. Then I start including salmonella in my ground beef for no extra charge. Then you start blocking me as one of your vendors. Then I complain that you are blocking me, but still using other vendors.
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Re: Louis who..
Voltage pictures?
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Pssssst . . . I've got this really cool program you should try!
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Re: Long ago
Those ad pixels should arrive to the ad network in raw form. Then the ad network themselves will encode it into a more efficient form for internet transmission such as PNG, or other form.
Even animated ads could be received as multiple still images and then encoded into efficient form by the ad network.
Even sounds. They could arrive at the ad network in high resolution form. The ad network encodes them into some internet friendly form.
The fact that the ad network is doing the encoding, using trusted tools, means you are not likely to find malware within the ad content sent to the user's browser.
The ad network wants pixels. Sequences of frames. Sound that could be encoded through an analog channel which re-digitizes the sounds.
Malvertisers would very go to a different advertising network.
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Forbes is not very good at news
Forbes news tells me: you are using an ad blocker.
Hey, that's not news. I know that, and it's not even recent info. What kind of news site is Forbes anyway?
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Re: Termination in Progress...please wait while we reconfigure our setup...
Keep throttling videos. But just straight forwardly say that this is happening without BingeOn.
I would also suggest, if you don't know who the EFF is, then you can't very well claim to know much about the business you are in.
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Advanced users could even be more secure by picking Empty Recycle Bin. :-)
The wonderful illusion of security.
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Re: It's not stealing
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It's not stealing
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Re: Re: Re: have you ever?
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paralysis does not require analysis
20 NSA SPIES ON CONGRESS
30 CONGRESS INVESTIGATES
> breakpoint. Press C to Continue
40 NSA INTERFERES WITH INVESTIGATION
50 GOTO 30
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This case can be expected to drag on for some time
I rest my case.
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Re: Isn't it easier
On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory
Why do they insist on executing code on my computer?
But then they had pop ups.
And then they want to execute code on my computer? Why does an advertiser have to execute code on my computer?
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Re: Re: Re: Why were ad blockers created?
They have an attitude that they have a God given right to put ads on the inside of your eyelids once the technology becomes available.
They think they should be able to put ads on every surface on the planet.
What kind of thinking do you think is behind the rise of spam starting in the usenet days, and then moving to email, and then growing to what we have now.
On the post: GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Shitty Advertising Inventory
Re: Re: We can block if we want to...
Suppose I sell you ground beef. And I depend upon this for income. Then I start including salmonella in my ground beef for no extra charge. Then you start blocking me as one of your vendors. Then I complain that you are blocking me, but still using other vendors.
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Re: Chaum has devolved into a crank
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