[Utilizer]

Have we been wrong all this time and succumbed to some overblown hype from the beginning?

[thoughtomator]

Advertising itself is inherently malware. If I can’t view a site without ads, I don’t visit that site.

Which, in combination with Javascript blocking, is how I get away with not running an anti-virus (to kill my machine resources) and still never get any malware.

[TChad]

The linked article is based on this interesting publication (it's really an ad) by Geoedge:

http://www.geoedge.com/downloads/documents/Security_Aspects_of_HTML5_in_Video_Ads.pdf?ge_campaign=html5_video

From the Geoedge link:

Security:
Flash vulnerabilities allow for malicious software to install on a user’s computer silently. Currently, HTML5 has no vulnerability that would allow malicious software to install on a user’s computer silently. HTML5 alerts the user whenever an install attempt is made.

It sounds like Javascript in HTML5 can be exploited, but overall HTML5 is still safer than Flash.

Also, DON'T CLICK ON POPUPS!

[exPBRrat]

Ads should just be static.... like in the newspapers. And not suck away valuable resources.

[CodeToad]

95% of Internet traffic and time is ads.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

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