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Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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I’ve notified Cole that some of you are getting redirected to one or more porn sites when you attempt to access the site on your phones, tablets, and/or other mobile devices. He’s already gotten back to me, so he’s on it. Commenter Another Scott, thought it might be a WordPress flaw that is being exploited via a plugin, as delineated in this Ars Technica piece. However, I checked with Alain and we don’t have that plugin as adding it when it came out would have broken everything that’s holding the site together.

On behalf of the other front pagers I apologize for the problems, Cole’s working on it, and hopefully this will get remedied quickly. In the meantime, if possible, please access the site from non-mobile devices.

Update at 9:55 PM EDT

I just heard from Alain, he’s working on the fix right now. He expects everything to be repaired in about 5 minutes.

Update at 10;10 PM EDT

Alain has indicated that everything should be fixed!

Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Pharniel

    Now it’s full on porn:(
    I get a hijack for “You’ve won” on this site & others, I’m assuming Ad Sense has once again let malicious code through.

    I know it hoses sites, but an Ad Blocker is a security essential until the ad networks stop serving up hijacks & viruses.

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    In the meantime, if possible, please access the site from non-mobile devices.

    Not an option for me, right now, as it happens: it’s the iPhone or nothing. Hope it can be remedied soon, and again, am very grateful to you, John, Alain, and the entire rebuild team for taking it seriously and addressing it promptly. You guys are the best.

  3. 3.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Pharniel:

    Now it’s full on porn:(

    You mean it wasn’t earlier? Been full-on prön for me since early afternoon.

  8. 8.

    Brachiator

    Okay so far on Android phone with Brave browser.

    On a related note, I don’t know if Google has decided to commit corporate suicide…

    Google is planning to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users only, according to 9to5Google. This is despite a backlash to an announcement by Google in January proposing changes that will stop current ad blockers from working efficiently.

    And the software giant is not backing down: It says the only people who can use ad blockers following the change will be Google’s enterprise users.

    The proposal–dubbed Manifest V3–will see a major transformation to Chrome extensions that includes a revamp of the permissions system. It will mean modern ad blockers such as uBlock Origin—which uses Chrome’s webRequest API to block ads before they’re downloaded–won’t work. This is because Manifest V3 sees Google halt the webRequest API’s ability to block a particular request before it’s loaded.

    forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/05/30/google-just-gave-2-billion-chrome-users-a-reason-to-swit…

  10. 10.

    Nicole

    I’m just glad to know it’s not just my phone getting the secksy time and the “YOU’VE WON!” ads.

    Those fucking “YOU’VE WON” ads. Several sites have triggered those. The secksy time was a new one today.

  13. 13.

    MomSense

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I think I’m going to have to sign off until tomorrow. Hopefully it will be fixed by then. I just don’t want to see all that again.

  15. 15.

    Steve in the ATL

    I’m not getting pop ups or secksy time redirects, but for some reason my posts are appearing as neither clever nor insightful.

  17. 17.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @MomSense:

    I just don’t want to see all that again.

    I know, right? It’s one thing when it’s helpful illustrations in Our Bodies, Ourselves, quite another when it’s an unexpected and unwelcome surprise pop-up during an innocent BJ perusal.

  19. 19.

    Martin

    I wonder if CA will run abortion tourism ads?

    Newsom issued a proclamation on Friday that noted his state’s commitment to “welcoming women to California to fully exercise their reproductive rights.”

    “California will continue to uphold women’s equality and liberty by protecting their reproductive freedom, educating Californians about their rights to reproductive freedom, welcoming women to California to fully exercise their reproductive rights and acting as a model for other states that want to ensure full reproductive freedom for women,” it read.

  23. 23.

    Duane

    I’m not getting any of those ads. Ad Block+ must be working. I shouldn’t, but this is Balloon Juice after Dark. Maybe I’ll…Take it off take it all off.

  24. 24.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @SiubhanDuinne: I mentioned this below, but I noted the websites I was directed to and manually blocked them. Probably a bandaid but I did it in the early afternoon and nothing bad happened for the rest of my time at work. I don’t use my phone to access the site when I am at home.

  26. 26.

    Adam L Silverman

    I just heard from Alain, he’s working on the fix right now and expects it’ll be done in about 5 minutes!

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I got out of the site(s) as fast as I could. Thought later that I should have done a screen-grab (UGH) or made note of the site address (DOUBLE UGH). I’m sort of squeamish that way.

  34. 34.

    Jackie

    @MomSense: A month ago I started getting “Congratulations you are the winner” pop up redirects. Only on BJ. I finally downloaded AdBlox X (free) and knock on wood – haven’t had any pop ups since.

  36. 36.

    Mary G

    Trump has ruined just about everything, so why not ruin prestigious awards.— Michael Graf (@mikegraf_pc) June 1, 2019

    Trump is giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Arthur Laffer.

  37. 37.

    Adam L Silverman

    It’s like the 11 tricyclers of the Dumbpacolypse!

    Jarrett whose a drunk. Tubbo Schlapp. Bribe Me Barbi Biondi. At the Sound of the NAZI breaking Geraldo Rivera’s nose the time will be 10 PM, that idiot Levin, DeGenova and his creepy wife, the road rage guy from Judicial Watch, and some guy behind DeGenova’s wife I don’t recognize. And whomever is in front of Biondi

  38. 38.

    geg6

    Gawd! I was getting some really graphic, nasty porn every time I tried to access the site. Had to go away for several hours. Seems to be fixed now, thank FSM. I’m not totally against good sexxy stuff, but this was disgusting stuff.

  42. 42.

    Alain

    Should be better now. Sorry folks, apparently some scripts weren’t declared and so shit happened.

    It’s been fixed and I flushed the caches and it should all be better. Carry on and sorry for the bother!

  43. 43.

    Alain

    @Alain: To be clear, I was asked to update some ad code and something was left out and just sent to me a few minutes ago, so that’s been fixed. Sorry to all.

  47. 47.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Alain:

    Very grateful, Alain. Although I shall miss seeing Steve in the WTF’s double entendre comments.

  50. 50.

    Adam L Silverman

    Since things are fixed, I’m heading offline to go rub doggie bellies and watch TV. You all have a nice night.

  53. 53.

    MomSense

    Woah just happened again except this time the pics were in Brady bunch squares format. Ugh.

  55. 55.

    different-church-lady

    @SiubhanDuinne: I can’t even remember how I did it, but somehow long ago I requested the desktop version on my tablet, and now it loads that way all the time.

  60. 60.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @different-church-lady:

    I’ve had the desktop format on my mobile device(s) since the beginning (since the option existed). Have never liked the look of the mobile version. With the rebuild, maybe I should try again.

  61. 61.

    different-church-lady

    Is the rebuild going to be based on WordPress? Because as far as I can tell that thing is a catastrophe.

  63. 63.

    Jackie

    Now that this crisis has (hopefully) been fixed, can we have a new, non- porn thread? Please?

  65. 65.

    different-church-lady

    @SiubhanDuinne: Wait, so the hijack was happening on mobile devices even if they were loading the desktop version?

    I missed all the “fun”. It still astonishes me how many new ways people come up with to be shitty.

  66. 66.

    chris

    Happy Friday!

    Happy Friday! Sen. Susan Collins’s approval rating in Maine has dropped 17 points since last spring in the biannual tracking poll Critical Insights conducts in Maine. S.E.V.E.N.T.E.E.N. And 10 points since last fall.

    DKos link.

  69. 69.

    The Dangerman

    …redirected to one or more pron site…

    Missed it all. I only have been seeing ducks strutting their stuff.

  72. 72.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @different-church-lady:

    Wait, so the hijack was happening on mobile devices even if they were loading the desktop version?

    It would seem so.

    I missed all the “fun”.

    That is because you have always lived a pure and blameless existence.

  73. 73.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    @SiubhanDuinne: @SiubhanDuinne: I don’t doubt that there’s a good bit of blood, and betadine not only stings, but it tastes like hell so I can’t recommend swabbing the shreds with it. Though it would be the best disinfectant.

  74. 74.

    mrmoshpotato

    I sometimes got the spam with Chrome on Android. No problems on the ? ? go browser.

    I’m running AVG Antivirus in the background.

  77. 77.

    mrmoshpotato

    @plato:

    It all started with the duck pron and from there, it was all a slippery slope.

    That’s a bunch of quackery.

  78. 78.

    trollhattan

    @Baud:
    That when somebody throws porn at you and yells “Duck!” half a second before it hits your head?

  83. 83.

    Baud

    Hmmm. Stay in this thread with all the sexual innuendo or proceed to the next thread about Steve Bannon?

    Decisions, decisions….

  105. 105.

    Doug R

    You can get AdBlock for Firefox on Android. I haven’t been redirected yet on my phone, I use UBlock on Chrome at home, looks like I might be switching back to Firefox.

  108. 108.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    @Steve in the ATL: I’m a licensed professional mean person. [Smiles and sips glass of Conundrum, not being a fan of white Zin]

  112. 112.

    plato

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    Was it free pron?

    Dood!?

    Welcome to the 21st century where the cell phones got bigger and bigger when more and more men realized there iz free pron on innernetz.

  115. 115.

    something fabulous

    And here I thought not being able to see my own On the Road this morning was bad! Comparatively, NEVER MIND!

  116. 116.

    BigJimSlade

    Pron site still coming up. On mobile the hamburger Mac has only Quick links and that opened up the naughty site in a new window. So did tapping around this form. I guess some joke should be made about the stiff competition out there…

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