The short version is "all of them". Advertising is all[1] untrusted content loaded from a third party who, by the nature of their business, cannot be an honest actor. It's like asking for a "running list" of email or phone spam frauds, scams, and exploits: It's all of them, and it will continue to be all of them, because there's BY DEFINITION no such thing as an honest email marketer or telemarketer.
I know that and you know that. However, there's a difference between the telemarketer who is trying to push you into a legitimate sale of crappy siding, and the one who's imitating Microsoft tech support to install a trojan on your machine.
In the same way, there's a difference between the ad network that's everyday scummy and the exploits like the one above. The latter make the case for ad blockers much clearer without having to get into a much broader discussion with advertising apologists
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Date: 2014-10-24 03:15 pm (UTC)[1]: Functionally.
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Date: 2014-10-24 03:19 pm (UTC)In the same way, there's a difference between the ad network that's everyday scummy and the exploits like the one above. The latter make the case for ad blockers much clearer without having to get into a much broader discussion with advertising apologists
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Date: 2014-10-24 08:28 pm (UTC)