[dreamcompiler]

This is doable. Ten years ago it would have been hard because bandwidth was more scarce, but today the wasted bits wouldn't matter as much.

The countermeasure would be to ask you to take a quiz on the ad contents before showing you the payload video. I'd like to think they would realize this is a non-starter, but the stupidity and venality of advertisers are pretty much unbounded. Plus, modern AI will very soon be able to pass such a quiz with flying colors.

In fact this is my favorite use case for [client-resident!] AI: "Surf the web for me, deal appropriately with all the faff, and distill the relevant bits you think I'll probably want to see."

It will happen.

[ryandrake]

> The countermeasure would be to ask you to take a quiz on the ad contents before showing you the payload video.

Please Drink Verification Can

[burnerburnito]

Just gotta hope nobody else walks in front of the kinect while I'm drinking...