Post #4251510
2026-07-30 17:16 UTC
@adamshostack@infosec.exchange
there's an ad "blocking" plugin for FF browsers called adnauseum - it doesn't show you ads but clicks on every link on a page and does the poisoning you speak of.
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange
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@pandaninjas@infosec.exchange 2026-07-30 19:50
@maya_b@hachyderm.io @adamshostack@infosec.exchange @briankrebs@infosec.exchange Ad Nauseam doesn't actually cost the advertisers any money, and it probably doesn't end up poisoning the data, because it sends a single AJAX request to the ad networks. Most ad networks ignore clicks where the browser didn't stay on the page for seconds.