I just don’t think people are doing malicious ads like that. Like I’m sure it exists but like what’s the point? If you are the malicious person you pay money for ads to freeze someone’s computer and that’s it? It’s not even like you would gain anything from it

Failure to imagine an incentive doesn't mean there isn't one. You can't rely on this type of thinking to reason about security. The thing you would have never thought of is what gets you.

For example, an ad provider itself can be hacked by a malicious party, so the "pay money for" part no longer applies.

Or an attack by a state actor or other large entity, where paying for a coordinated disruption of some region or company makes financial or military sense.

Those are just two things that came to my mind, and are likely a fraction of plausible incentives someone might have now or in the future. People are creative and unpredictable. Weird shit happens. Fact is stranger than fiction...

Instead, just ask: should visiting a website ever have the power to freeze your computer without your consent? If you think the answer is no, this is a security bug and it should be fixed.

That’s why I said I’m sure it does exist but based on it only freezing the computer until you reboot it that’s not useful for hackers doing it to make money and doesn’t seem that useful for disruption unless of course you do hack a bigger ad network then I could see it legitimately being disruptive rather than a slight nuisance. It definitely should be fixed though, it’s crazy it’s gone so long with no fix

If you are on an iPhone you can add a website to the Home Screen and it functions as a dedicated app essentially and the opened instance is treated separately from safari

Uhm, I am saying that I do not want a 100 apps (website-based or native) on my phone because this is hard to manage without better human-computer interfaces like a big screen and physical keyboard.

So I am not sure how making a web page into an app actually helps me?

When they are a web page I frequent, typing a few letters in the browser URL bar gives me the URL to click on and get there.

You can type into the search bar to search for apps on your phone. I don’t really bother with things on my home screen

At least on my up-to-date Pixel phone, home screen search bar only searches the web (by default).

It is the same on Android.

FWIW I probably 2-5 round trips per year and I’ve never seen a flight attendant spraying anything

As far as I’m aware if you are talking about the Kinzhal it’s a quasi-ballistic missile not really a true hypersonic missile so it’s easy to intercept. They also claim a range of 2000km but that includes the airplane’s range.

Yes, the Kinzhal is a second stage of Iskander launched from a special Mig-31.

It is not necessarily a bad weapon but the key innovation was to save money by using the Mig as reusable first stage. Pretending it is in the same class as true hypersonic glide vehicles was just PR.

Russia is now giving up on it because it didn't work out for some reason, maybe the Migs are more expensive to operate than planned or the weapon has no element if surprise be if the special Mig starts you know the missiles are coming?

That’s mostly what Vermont is like

That would work well assuming scammers and stuff are actually blocked from spoofing phone numbers

I appreciate your optimism but there definitely are bad singers

Life is too short for bad coffee

Black and chrome don’t really look how I would expect

By hoodies do you mean the cotton ones with fleece linings or a lightweight breathable one? If it’s a thicker cotton one I can’t imagine wearing that in summer

They are cotton but it’s cheap thin ones I bought at Walmart.