Banner Ads, Pop-up ads, Tile Ads, whatever you want to call them, all need to go away. Ads are where a majority of the code that inflict malware on unsuspecting users comes from. Web marketing firms receive thousands, if not millions of new ads all the time. Do you really think they have someone or even a group of people that sit and look thru the underlying code of every single ad they receive?
From the day that ads started showing up on sites I have refused to click on them or found tools to block them: ADP, Ghostery, Blur, etc. I even refuse to click the text ads that show up in google searches.
Advertising is not a beneficial method to gain my interest in a product. At least not on the internet.
Don't walk, Run away as fast as you can, otherwise you will fall victim to some scam. Oh and guess what they now have you on video and will pass it to every other marketing organization in existence and you will be the permanent target of every scammer there is.
This will be the new malware.
So pretty much, every government agency, every corporation, why limit that, every business can be considered as terrorists, based on the information in this flyer. That being said, the whole thing invalidates itself because there is no safe organization to report any of the suspicious activity to because no one is above reproach.
I have made it a point in my life to let advertisers know if I see their unwanted ad when surfing, I refuse to click the ad and will most likely not deal with the company the advertisement is for in the future. I use ABP also.
If the masses as a whole would just stop clicking the ads, and make it a point to block as much as possible, maybe the marketing scum that thinks this stuff up will finally get a clue.
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"Couldn't get a clue during 'Clue Mating Season' in a field of horny clues."
I absolutely hate all online marketing and use Ad Block to remove as much as is possible. I will never knowingly click on a displayed advertisement on the web. If I want to purchase something I will go to the site I want to use to make my purchase.
I am a marketing executives worst nightmare because I will actively refuse to purchase from anything with obtrusive online ads. Don't even get me started on ads in computer games.
When the companies that provide the random banner ads to the multitude of website owners is able to completely police every advert they receive and verify it has no embedded malware in them, then we can start considering the moral and ethical issues of blocking ads.
I see ads so seldom anymore. Adblock is my friend. I have even blocked the Google text ads. If I want to get information on some product I will never use an advertisement to find out about it, I'll research it myself.
And if/when intrusive ads appear in computer or console games, that will be the day I stop playing that game. Advertising and Marketing are a pox on humanity that needs to be completely removed from any medium that consumers have to pay for, i.e. games, payed internet access, etc.
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Ads on TV can't put malware on my computer or TV. And with the subscription comes a DVR which will allow you to fast forward thru the ads.
Banner Ads, Pop-up ads, Tile Ads, whatever you want to call them, all need to go away. Ads are where a majority of the code that inflict malware on unsuspecting users comes from. Web marketing firms receive thousands, if not millions of new ads all the time. Do you really think they have someone or even a group of people that sit and look thru the underlying code of every single ad they receive? From the day that ads started showing up on sites I have refused to click on them or found tools to block them: ADP, Ghostery, Blur, etc. I even refuse to click the text ads that show up in google searches. Advertising is not a beneficial method to gain my interest in a product. At least not on the internet.
Don't walk, Run away as fast as you can, otherwise you will fall victim to some scam. Oh and guess what they now have you on video and will pass it to every other marketing organization in existence and you will be the permanent target of every scammer there is. This will be the new malware.
So pretty much, every government agency, every corporation, why limit that, every business can be considered as terrorists, based on the information in this flyer. That being said, the whole thing invalidates itself because there is no safe organization to report any of the suspicious activity to because no one is above reproach.
I have made it a point in my life to let advertisers know if I see their unwanted ad when surfing, I refuse to click the ad and will most likely not deal with the company the advertisement is for in the future. I use ABP also. If the masses as a whole would just stop clicking the ads, and make it a point to block as much as possible, maybe the marketing scum that thinks this stuff up will finally get a clue. -- "Couldn't get a clue during 'Clue Mating Season' in a field of horny clues."
I absolutely hate all online marketing and use Ad Block to remove as much as is possible. I will never knowingly click on a displayed advertisement on the web. If I want to purchase something I will go to the site I want to use to make my purchase. I am a marketing executives worst nightmare because I will actively refuse to purchase from anything with obtrusive online ads. Don't even get me started on ads in computer games.
When the companies that provide the random banner ads to the multitude of website owners is able to completely police every advert they receive and verify it has no embedded malware in them, then we can start considering the moral and ethical issues of blocking ads.
I see ads so seldom anymore. Adblock is my friend. I have even blocked the Google text ads. If I want to get information on some product I will never use an advertisement to find out about it, I'll research it myself. And if/when intrusive ads appear in computer or console games, that will be the day I stop playing that game. Advertising and Marketing are a pox on humanity that needs to be completely removed from any medium that consumers have to pay for, i.e. games, payed internet access, etc.