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[–] 94 points 1 day ago (1 child)

A script that shows a modal box or whatever when something fails to load as expected need not spy on you to function, but maybe I'm reading into a funny post more than I should be.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 day ago

    You're technically correct (the best kind of correct).

    It's trivial to attempt a connection to an ad server and detect the failure and display a dialog.

    The problem is that (publishers don't want to acknowledge) there's no difference between advertising and malware.

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