You might want to re-read the criticisms about the Broken Windows theory. They didn't disprove it. They only showed that it is not necessarily the only cause of crime in cities. On the Internet, the theory holds up…
At FotoForensics (before I blocked TOR uploads): TOR was about 3% of traffic, but accounted for >50% of porn uploads and about 80% of child porn uploads. Today, TOR is about 1% of overall traffic to the site. (I block…
Be careful what you ask for... Right now (and without ad blockers): Go to homedepot.com, search for toilets, and view one toilet product page. This marks your interest. facebook.com will show you ads for toilets for the…
Actually, I intentionally left that out. I thought 4000 words was long enough. Surveillance would add in another 4000 words.
Your proposed approach will stop direct risks to browsers, but does nothing for ads that link to web pages that are hostile. E.g., you click on an ad because you are interested in the product and get directed to a…
"and again Flash is the scapegoat" Truth hurts? Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight are common exploit paths because they have new critical exploits every few days. Here's the CVE list for Flash -- notice how many…
You might want to re-read the criticisms about the Broken Windows theory. They didn't disprove it. They only showed that it is not necessarily the only cause of crime in cities. On the Internet, the theory holds up…
At FotoForensics (before I blocked TOR uploads): TOR was about 3% of traffic, but accounted for >50% of porn uploads and about 80% of child porn uploads. Today, TOR is about 1% of overall traffic to the site. (I block…
Be careful what you ask for... Right now (and without ad blockers): Go to homedepot.com, search for toilets, and view one toilet product page. This marks your interest. facebook.com will show you ads for toilets for the…
Actually, I intentionally left that out. I thought 4000 words was long enough. Surveillance would add in another 4000 words.
Your proposed approach will stop direct risks to browsers, but does nothing for ads that link to web pages that are hostile. E.g., you click on an ad because you are interested in the product and get directed to a…
"and again Flash is the scapegoat" Truth hurts? Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight are common exploit paths because they have new critical exploits every few days. Here's the CVE list for Flash -- notice how many…