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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So these assh… are going to pay the wasted data from metered connections? they’ll pay me money? they can also guarantee that malware is not spread anymore via ad networks? sure sure.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When a machine gets infected with malware because of drop-in ad content, the ad broker should be liable to the machine owner for $$$.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Should be. As far as I know they are. But nobody seems to care...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We should ask the EU already