I don't understand why DNS ad blockers (Ad Guard, Pi-Hole, other) aren't frequently used across corporates. Especially given the regular-ish training on cybersecurity and related.

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SoftTalker 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't understand why Apple does not ship Safari with an adblocker. They advertise how they keep you safe on the web but deliver one of the worst browser experiences and don't even support the plugins that would make it better, let alone include them.

I found the Orion browser and am never touching Safari again.

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sciencejerk 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't ad blockers breach Terms of Service? I assume this is one reason that corps don't roll out adblockers

	▲	caminante 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Only on a specific handful of sites. I'm skeptical that inside counsel would really have an issue with adblock or a moderate approach -- whitelist a subset of a subset of sites like YouTube that they might see risk. The benefits are tremendous.
	▲	jacquesm 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		sosume.

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bitpush 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Because ads are not how malware is distributed? You have higher chance of getting a malware from `pnpm add` than seeing an ad on the web.

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minitech 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Because ads are not how malware is distributed?

Malware is absolutely distributed through ads. In the case of more reputable ad platforms that don’t allow arbitrary scripts, it’s by linking to malware, but they’re also used to serve drive-by exploits.

> You have higher chance of getting a malware from `pnpm add` than seeing an ad on the web.

If you’re a normal computer user who browses the web without an ad blocker and never runs `pnpm add`, the relevant chance is a little different. (Fun side fact: current pnpm wisely doesn’t run install scripts by default.)

	▲	vasco 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		And its users wisely read all of those scripts before manually running them, same as the library code, they read all of it before running.

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kstrauser 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is very incorrect.

Ads are basically running a program they wrote on your computer. If there’s any exploitable feature in your browser’s JS sandbox, count on someone sending you an ad that will exploit it.

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chithanh 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

To add to the other reply, there were even targeted malware campaigns through ad networks. Because nowadays, you can choose who sees your ads so precisely (by IP block or geolocation) that you can target individual organizations.

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BLKNSLVR 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising

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nicce 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

GIMP is one of the best examples that comes to my mind:

https://www.techradar.com/news/this-fake-gimp-google-ad-just...

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akho 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I took a careful look at the definition of malware on Wikipedia. Ads are malware.

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muppetman 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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