• Patches@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    https://www.statista.com/chart/29626/ads-blocked-removed-by-google-by-enforced-policy/

    Deceptive Ads & Malware Make Up Bulk of Blocked Google Ads

    5.2 Billion Bad Ads removed in 2022. 1.8 Billion more than in 2021.

    Were they removed? Yes. Did they show up prior to removal to real human beings? Also yes.

    https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/malvertising-statistics/

    in the first half of 2023 alone, with phishing URLs leading the charge with a 140.7% increase.

    Security Gladiators reports that on average, of every 100 ads that are published, at least 1 contains malicious code.

    A report by Confiant found that in Q3 of 2021, 1 of every 108 ad impressions was highly disruptive or dangerous.

    Safety Detectives’ malvertising report showed that the global cost of malware was $500 billion per year in 2015, but in 2021 that figure cost an average of $500 billion per month.

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      7 months ago

      Cool story bro but you clearly still didn’t even read the first sentence of what I wrote.

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        I don’t give a shit how they get paid because the method they chose violates my personal safety.

        I’m done arguing with an obvious troll.

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          Yes and that’s precisely the point. You can make the decision not to pay and there are good reasons to do so (I do so too) but you must recognise that someone is still not getting paid for their work.