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An advertising industry worker's take on adblockers (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I work in an advertising-adjacent field (we won't do any skeevy data-harvesting stuff, but still, ads) and I barely use any of the main social media sites, have an adblocker enabled on my router, use uBlock, GrapheneOS for my phone, Linux with a bunch of hardening, a VPN that's always on etc.

My work computer doesn't have any of that 'cause I need to be able to see ads on it, but sometimes if I forget and just browse around on my work computer with no ad protection... holy fuck it always surprises me how awful the internet is.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand why companies don't have network-wide adblockers on their employee systems and intranets. Used to be in the Air Force, ads everywhere. Now work for a contractor, still ads everywhere.

Don't they know that blocking ads can speed up their networks? That ads track activity and may be revealing sensitive information about employees?

I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I block ads on my work network. Perimeter and endpoints.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I work in an advertising-adjacent field (we won't do any skeevy data-harvesting stuff, but still, ads)

My pal too; he makes signs.