I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade.

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@fesshole

My work computer used to have #uBlockOrigin preinstalled. Now there's no ad-blocker and I can't get into the browser settings page to install one Because Security️.

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@shadowwwind @fesshole In software development there's the concept that you should, "eat your own dog food."

I imagine in marketing it's more like, "don't swallow your own shit."

edit: I suppose we should all follow that one too.

[stuck_here@c.im]

@CppGuy @fesshole

Does security prevent USB drives? You could always do a portable web browser with uBlock Origin installed if they do.

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@Stuck_Here @fesshole

Yep, I'm not allowed to do that. But I am allowed to use WSL.

[stuck_here@c.im]

@CppGuy @fesshole

That's sweet. Which distro of Linux are you running in it? And the security allows for Linux programs to be installed? That's definitely a solution!

[dmtomas@mastodon.social]

@fesshole I met my former classmate about 12 -13 years ago for a beer and he was developer for the biggest add-tech company in the country - asked “how does it feel to be in the heart of darkness”… he did not understood the question;)

[countholdem@mastodon.social]

@fesshole The Minus-Freedom has gone viral, cause of #TechBros #greed.

Now if you invent an Exponential-Eraser of said Bros, let us knows.

[karamazov1879@mastodon.social]

@fesshole Well, ain't that fucking ironic & hypocritical, but not entirely unexpected.

[roblosricos@mastodon.social]

@fesshole

anyone need further proof that online advertising is a waste of time, space, and resources?

[meduz@m.nintendojo.fr]

@fesshole At previous jobs (as a web developer), it took me 6 months before learning we had ads on the website maintained by my team.

One day someone asked the team to change the script related to ads. That’s how I learned about it. I was shocked.

[flawgren@mastodon.nu]

@csolisr But what if the product is drugs?

[paneerakbari@mas.to]

@fesshole "I saw the best minds of my generation optimizing for ad clicks"

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@Stuck_Here

I use #Fedora — same as at home.

But #WSL seems to have a bug. Unlike the case where you run it on Fedora on bare metal or in a conventional VM, certain elements don't render properly, and so I've found i have to set an environment variable to disable the use of Wayland.

@fesshole

[endicottauthor@mastodon.social]

@fesshole Seems like a great deal of irony to me.