[PSES] ad code injection?

[Doug Smith]

Hi All, I just found a disturbing trend used by some Internet providers, especially ones in places like hotels. That being injecting code in to any web page visited. As you know, I do not accept advertising for others on my website http://emcesd.com but you may see ads I have not put there. Below is a clip from an article on blogs.nytimes.com and a link to the full article. If you ever see an ad on my website from someone else, can you please capture a screen shot and send it to me? I do not use annoying techniques, like blinking banners, on my web page, in fact it is just flat html with out even _javascript_. I try to make my site as informative to engineers as possible without flashy banners and such. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/courtyard-marriott-wifi/ " On its Web site, a company called RG Nets, which makes Revenue eXtraction Gateway, explains that its system rewrites every Web page on the fly so that it can include a banner ad. “As you can see, the pervasive nature of the advertising banner on all Web pages guarantees banner advertising impression,” a narrator says in the video." I am late this month on my Technical Tidbit because of my move from Silicon Valley to Boulder City, NV, where I am at the moment. Doug -- ------------------------------------------------------- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 60941 ========= Boulder City, NV 89006-0941 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 702-570-6108/570-6013 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: d...@dsmith.org \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org ------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>