Any time I visit a non tech relative - their desktop is constantly popping up with messages they claim to know nothing about.
In the old days, you needed an RCE and some malware to do desktop popups. Now it's apparently just a feature. It's becoming an increasingly abused function.
This is why I applauded Firefox shipping it by default. It’s so much easier to leave it in than have to install something else or figure out which ad blockers are trustworthy.
In the old days, you needed an RCE and some malware to do desktop popups. Now it's apparently just a feature. It's becoming an increasingly abused function.