Reply to post: I assume they'll foot the bill and recover the data

French publishers join Swedish 'Block Party' to pester ad refuseniks

rmoore

I assume they'll foot the bill and recover the data

..if their campaign infects one or more computers with mal/spy/ransom/etc ware and other things because someone actually disables the adblocker.

I mean, not using an adblocker when lots and lots of computers get infected that way is, well, not recommended.. When someone knowingly tricks somebody into doing it anyway, and as a result they get one of those..wouldn't/shouldn't that be punishable by law?

If it were physical property it would probably be called willful damage or something, but..

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