Comment on This fuckass ad keeps popping up while I'm trying to study Norwegian

PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BeckyStjerne@nord.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I put it back on and it’s working, thanks for reminding me

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  • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dont worry, I will always be the snarky asshole who talks down to people for not being like me any chance I get

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    • FreshLight@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My first fanart

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• aeiou@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seriously, it’s not just annoying, it’s a big privacy issue.

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  • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fun fact: it is trivially easy and costs $0 to track an individual through their ad identifier. They’re not supposed to uniquely identify people, but you really just have to drill down like a dozen or so variables and you’ll uniquely identify just about anyone with a smart phone.

    Hey, random person for whom this describes, are you

    -Aged 30-34 -White -Male -Educated -Spends a lot of time near you work address -Spends a lot of time near you home address -Spends some time where you vacation the exact time you usually vacation there -Is a 49ers fan -Likes artisanal coffee -Android user -Listens to late 90s and early 00s metal -Wears pants size 38/32.

    Guess what there’s like 3 of you in the world. And we can get all 3 ad ids in the real time bidding market and track all 3 of you until we deduce which one is you.

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    • InTheNameOfScheddi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Issue, that’s cute. It’s by design.

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As long as they are used to spread malware, they are a cybersecurity risk as well.

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• BeckyStjerne@nord.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fair, I used it for the site but it kept not playing the audio

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• Thaurin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think most people on the internet don’t even know what a browser extension is. Most people are not very interested in customizing or tweaking their computer beyond “push this button, stuff I want comes out.”

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah if we want to post every mildly infuriating ad in the world, we’re going to be here a while.

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• Kanda@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I sometimes do it on a new machine/browser, and it’s like staring into hell

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