Where to buy stolen credit cards from?
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From Capital One, of course! At least, that's what their contextual ads seem to detect!
I'm not sure if this still happens, since I submitted it to error'd a couple weeks ago and I haven't had any indication that they're going to use it, so rather than wasting it I present it here.
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@rbowes said:
From Capital One, of course! At least, that's what their contextual ads seem to detect!
I'm not sure if this still happens, since I submitted it to error'd a couple weeks ago and I haven't had any indication that they're going to use it, so rather than wasting it I present it here.
I love those. It's just like when you put in some search results and you end up with an ad to 'buy <search term> here'.
In fact, here's one, just at hand! :-P
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One of my favorite cases of one of these totally-out-of-context contextual ads highlighted the "San" in "San Francisco" and linked it to an ad for a provider of Storage Area Networks. I really wish I'd gotten a screenshot of that one, just for the purposes of demonstrating beyond all doubt that the claims of being context-sensitive are complete bunk...
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As always,
First, a company invents something nice and useful, and does not abuse its invention (Google contextual ads). Then, assholes get a hold of the idea and screw people over.
AdBlock is your friend. Haven't seen any of this shit in 6 months and counting.
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@Quinnum said:
@rbowes said:
From Capital One, of course! At least, that's what their contextual ads seem to detect!
I'm not sure if this still happens, since I submitted it to error'd a couple weeks ago and I haven't had any indication that they're going to use it, so rather than wasting it I present it here.
I love those. It's just like when you put in some search results and you end up with an ad to 'buy <search term> here'.
In fact, here's one, just at hand! :-P
I think http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/24/ebay_african_slaves/ wins
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@Raggles said:
I think http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/24/ebay_african_slaves/ wins
Definitely the winner.
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@AbbydonKrafts said:
@Raggles said:
I think http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/24/ebay_african_slaves/ wins
Definitely the winner.It boggles the mind...
