YouTube launches “global effort” to block ad blockers
The ongoing struggle between YouTube and ad blockers is turning ugly. Users are left with the choice between paying for Premium or watching ads.
The ongoing struggle between YouTube and ad blockers is turning ugly. Users are left with the choice between paying for Premium or watching ads.
Categories: News Categories: Personal Categories: Privacy Tags: Meta Tags: facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: X Tags: Youtube Tags: TikTok Social media companies are offering or thinking about paid subscriptions in exchange for removing ads. |
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Categories: News Tags: Zoom Tags: YouTube Tags: Chrome Tags: TikTok Tags: ransomware Tags: Cloudflare Tags: robocallers Tags: security advisor A list of topics we covered in the week of August 7 to August 13 of 2023 |
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Categories: News Tags: YouTube Tags: shorts Tags: video Tags: spam Tags: scam Tags: comments Tags: replies Tags: block Tags: remove YouTube is making drastic changes to combat a a growing tide of spam comments on the Shorts video category. |
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MAPSDUMPER Demo • Installation • Feature • Credits A tool for dumping place details from Google Maps such as phone numbers, emails, websites, and reviews. Demo Run / Installation How to run ? node index.js” dir=”auto”>> git clon…
Categories: News Tags: YouTube Tags: ad block Tags: sponsored tweets Tags: Twitter Tags: fake BBC News Tags: AVLab assessment Tags: Google Tags: Google Passkey Tags: MSP Tags: Patch Tuesday Tags: Discord Tags: RedStinger Tags: tech support scam Tags: Aurora stealer Tags: Invalid Printer loader Tags: MSI Tags: ransomware Tags: Brightline Tags: ransomware review Tags: Allan Liska Tags: Lock and Code S04E11 The most interesting security related news of the week from May 8 till 14. |
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Categories: News Categories: Personal Tags: youtube Tags: ad Tags: advert Tags: network Tags: ad industry Tags: block Tags: blocker Tags: adblock Tags: malware Tags: malvertising Tags: intrusive Tags: popup Tags: affiliate We take a look at YouTube’s testing of ad blocking detection and why it might not be popular with users. |
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Categories: News Tags: YouTube Tags: ICO Tags: data Tags: children Tags: YouTube Kids Tags: gathering Tags: collecting Tags: safety Tags: privacy The complaint asserts that YouTube collected “the location, viewing habits and preferences” of up to five million children. |
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Categories: News Tags: ransomware Tags: malwarebytes Tags: youtube Tags: video Tags: multi-threat Tags: single threat Tags: double threat Tags: triple threat Tags: encrypt Tags: extortion Take a look at our ten minute video walkthrough of ransomware issues and concerns. |
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Categories: News Tags: AWIS Tags: weekly blog roundup Tags: week in security Tags: Slack Tags: GitHub Tags: Magecart Tags: Microsoft Tags: Pokemon NFT Tags: Facebook Tags: Instagram Tags: Snapchat Tags: TikTok Tags: YouTube Tags: Google Tags: Meta Tags: identity theft Tags: Maternal and Family Health Services Tags: 2023 predictions Tags: Royal Mail Tags: K-12 security Tags: K-12 Tags: WhatsApp Tags: NSO Group Tags: Department of Interior Tags: weak passwords Tags: Vice Society Tags: ransomware. Vice Society ransomware The most interesting security related news from the week of January 9—15. |
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