June 07, 2004

Online ad "whack-a-mole"

". . . pop up blockers and do-not-call lists make it harder to get through the gate . . ." Until somebody figures out how to defeat the so-called gate. It's an ancient story; one that security specialists know only too well. The Inquirer carries a story here: Pop-up technology improves. A snip:

According to news.com, Google™'s tool bar, which was confidently touted as a firewall against pop-ups has been tunnelled under by the ad companies. . . .

But the ad companies have simply by-passed the blocks by changing the code they use to open windows."

Posted by Grayson at June 7, 2004 06:55 AM