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f2non HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important

And if you aren't familiar with the details of how web browsers work (eg most people who use them), you would have no idea something was wrong. Not to mention potential problems such as http://stripe.ian.sh

f2non Creating Web Traffic “Out of Thin Air”

It's not terribly complicated JavaScript. A pop-behind is generally done by calling Window.open() to open a new window, then Window.focus() to re-focus the original window. Another method I've seen is opening a pop-up with the original site, then redirecting the original window to the advertising site. The MDN page for Window.open()[0] actually mentions some of the restrictions around opening windows and focusing other windows that have been added to browsers.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/open

f2non Creating Web Traffic “Out of Thin Air”

What do they do to decide if a user if real or fake? I am not remotely surprised that none of them work well

f2non Creating Web Traffic “Out of Thin Air”

>Adam Simmons, the VP of content and marketing for DingIt, told BuzzFeed News that the site uses “4 independent traffic verification tools that monitor each view on our video player” and prevents any fraudulent traffic from viewing content or ads on the site.

I wonder what the hell a "traffic verification tool" is.

f2non T-Mobile Agrees to Buy Layer3 TV in Preparation for TV Service

Non-neutral wireless ISPs have always been legal in the US (IIRC). T-Mobile actively advertises their non-neutrality as a feature (eg "Binge On", where approved video streaming sites are zero-rated).