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YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counteract ad blockers (alternativeto.net)

submitted 5 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

Yes, that is adding controls and using a database from the SponsorBlock server.

What I mean is a plugin cannot see the video. Like you can't write

if(screen == adScreen) {
     then skipToNextSegment();
}

The plugin isn't reading the video, it is getting info from a database. For AI or machine learning to work ad injection, which might change for every user, doing what SponsorBlock is doing is not enough.