@riley This isn't exactly a counterpoint tho, because if these things are so widespread, they are arguably part of the norm – which was my point.

Also, are the emphasized bits paper titles?

I can find "Right-Wing Authoritarianism and
Social Dominance Orientation": https://sci-hub.st/10.1027/1864-9335.40.2.93

But nothing on need for closure.

// @rickf

@rickf

But when learning about the history of Nazi Germany one thing always stuck with me:

There was an allied psychiatrist or psychologist who interviewed the accused of the Nuremberg trials and the result was that even high-ranking perpetrators involved directly in the planning and implementation of the Holocaust showed no apparent aberrations from the norm.

@rickf I'm originally from Germany and people my age there always said they never would've voted for Hitler, that they would have recognized the evil he represented – but this never sat right with me because there isn't a qualitative difference between people now and then.

@rtn Well, I can't take credit for the idea – @stefan was the one who came up with the technique, documented it *and* helped me make it work on my site.

@stefan Well, *you* definitely don't need to apologize for anything, *I'm* the one who used it to build an unclosable overlay. =D

Already super grateful that you documented this technique. Also linking to your post in my 'obscure webdev' article – tho you won't see much in your logs because of rel="noreferrer"

@tanepiper @rysiek

@tanepiper

PS: If you're curious, the general technique is described on @stefan 's site:

Detect Missing Ad-blocker WordPress plugin | Stefan Bohacek

Provide a more secure experience to your website’s visitors.

(stefanbohacek.com)

@rysiek

@tanepiper Well, it's definitely a valid point, since you *do* have ad-blocking.

Will have to hit up the Proton folks and ask whether there's some string I can put into the URL I can use to trigger their ad-blocking.

If so, I'll definitely document that so other people using Stefans no-adblock detection can improve their versions.

If it's not possible, I'll have to make this into a closable modal, which I'd rather avoid because I think adblockers are critical for online security.

@rysiek

@tanepiper @rysiek You're definitely not shit and the site doesn't say that – but it can only "detect" request blocking.

Can you give me more information about this VPN?

Also, as promised, the Obscure Webdev piece in which I lay out some of the reasons and techniques of how I do politically motivated webdev is now published:

Obscure Webdev | phryk.net

(phryk.net)