What's with this tradedouble thing?

[grahamf]

It seems that links I post here get wrapped into a tradedoubler url that ublock considered to be dangerous. I do not believe I have consented to this, and consider it to be dangerous as there's now a middleman between a site I trust and what I am able to link to.

Example:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/store/apps/pebble-watch-pro/9wzdncrdkbjf

becomes test (mouse over to see the url).

It is making me worried I have a virus on my computer.

 

[gpobernardo]

Refer to this older post: http://forums.windowscentral.com/site-feedback-help/384155-link-crappifier.html#post3254753

 

[Josh Harman]

WC it's trying to maximize profit opportunities.

I can't say I blame them, but the tradedoubler ads are annoying and it appears that the website may be adopting the slideshow format that so many crappy sites use now.

 

[Joe920]

It seems that links I post here get wrapped into a tradedoubler url that ublock considered to be dangerous. I do not believe I have consented to this, and consider it to be dangerous as there's now a middleman between a site I trust and what I am able to link to.

Example:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/store/apps/pebble-watch-pro/9wzdncrdkbjf

becomes test (mouse over to see the url).

It is making me worried I have a virus on my computer.

Definitely annoying. I let uBlock do its thing and simply don't visit those links. I'm certainly not about to whitelist tradedoubler.

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