• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    4 hours ago

    Even at randomized times, we could create an algorithm to detect them.

    Especially since they are obliged by the EU to clearly label ads. So just look for the label.

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      4 hours ago

      Ah ok I didn’t know the EU thing. For the algorithm it’s a cat and mouse game. You could try to detect it by hash signatures of the segments or some kind of image detection but they could in turn add bytes to change the signature or other attributes. Could require a lot of effort on the blocking site to have the indicators up to date.