, 2002-11-18
Pop-up ads have already inspired civil lawsuits. Here's how federal computer crime law and the USA-PATRIOT Act could put obnoxious advertisers in the pokey.
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Locking Down the Pop-up Perps
2002-11-18
lipa (1 replies)
lipa (1 replies)
When you go to a webpage, you ARE allowing certain things to happen. What you may want to happen and what others may want are two different things. I am not talking with ads, but rather cookies, etc. - not everyone "allows" in THEIR sense for that to happen.
But, upon visiting a webpage, you are basically granting them the right to do ANYTHING your browser is capable of doing - whether you like or dislike it, you are AUTHORIZING it. Liking and authorizing are two different terms, and should be used appropriately.
As in the other posts, if you dont like certain things happening, turn it off. These websites often use JavaScript to do their work, and if you dont like that work, turn off Javascript or parse it yourself. When you download that Javascript, you aren't doing it on accident - you are pointing your browser at http://www.popupadvertisement.com and allowing it to run.
Whining in an article... what a waste of space for securityfocus.com.
But I will agree, I hate popup ads too. :)
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