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by Animats 3555 days ago
That's a very Google idea, and it's a bad one. Malware distributed through Google's ad system has been an ongoing problem.[1][2] Letting Google's advertiser customers inherit Google's trust is a terrible idea.

Google needs to put all their ads in IFRAME sandboxes. Tightening up on what an IFRAME can do wouldn't be a bad idea, either. No popups, no self-starting video, no absolute positioning outside the clipping pane, no expanding the frame size...

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/19/6537511/google-ad-network-... [2] http://www.businessinsider.com/android-malware-spreads-using...