Posted 12/12/2024 8:23 AM (GMT -5)
So it makes sense that these ads would show up for WBF, because looking at the html source code here on healingwell right now, there is now an entry for:
https://secure.adnxs.com
A quick search online reveals this:
Adnxs.com is a site that redirects the browser to ads for unwanted browser extensions, surveys, adult sites, online web games, fake software updates, and unwanted programs.
It's also the latest entry in the dns-prefix list so it wouldn't surprise me if this was recently added. So this is really disappointing that this was done by healingwell.
I also want to clarify something because someone mentioned that it's often based on browser history and that might be interpreted the wrong way by others (I know you weren't trying to imply this on purpose).
So while that is sometimes true, it's not always like that.
One thing that happens is that on these mobile phone networks (and also regular wifi for that matter) a lot of times many of the subscribers (for example in the same town/city/region) share the same IP address on any given provider.
On regular wifi often the IP addresses are rotated, especially if you disconnect your wifi for a while, for example at night.
So if other people are looking that stuff up on the same network (again, people in the same city/town/region), it can sometimes also show up for you.