# Ads Behaving Badly **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 20, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-behaving-badly/787080 "2017-05-20T14:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-behaving-badly/787080/1 "2017-05-20T14:20:48Z")
- Just leaving the form index page open causes about 8MB/minute of network data usage (40MB in 5 minutes, all measured _after_ the initial page load of 3MB). This is very bad for anyone on a metered (especially mobile) connection. - Something is making network requests as much as 10 times a second on an ongoing basis. Addresses look like the following: [http://track1.aniview.com/track?d=&cou=US&cos=OSX&r=straightdope.com&rs=straightdope.com&sid=23084&t=1495289383&cip=173.69.172.84&sn=&tgt=0&cd1=&cd2=&cd3=&osv=&bv=&brn=Safari&nid=5641d3f9181f46f4738b4567&ncid=58eb80bb28a0611d485386ea&nasid=5919b61b073ef45bf45edd5e&e=vpaidInitAdError&cb=1495289408243](http://track1.aniview.com/track?d=&cou=US&cos=OSX&r=straightdope.com&rs=straightdope.com&sid=23084&t=1495289383&cip=173.69.172.84&sn=&tgt=0&cd1=&cd2=&cd3=&osv=&bv=&brn=Safari&nid=5641d3f9181f46f4738b4567&ncid=58eb80bb28a0611d485386ea&nasid=5919b61b073ef45bf45edd5e&e=vpaidInitAdError&cb=1495289408243) This is causing massive CPU use: fan activity on laptop/desktop, overheating and absurdly fast battery drain on mobile. - Many, many security violations are occurring. I don’t know if this is malicious activity or just a programming mistake. Some unique errors listed below (they all repeat many times). [Error] XMLHttpRequest cannot load [http://sync.search.spotxchange.com/partner?source=dados](http://sync.search.spotxchange.com/partner?source=dados) due to access control checks. (x2) [Error] Origin [http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin. [Error] XMLHttpRequest cannot load [http://search.spotxchange.com/vast/2.00/181978?VPAID=js&content\_page\_url=straightdope.com&cb=5289640828&allow\_flash\_creative=0&player\_width=480&player\_height=360](http://search.spotxchange.com/vast/2.00/181978?VPAID=js&content_page_url=straightdope.com&cb=5289640828&allow_flash_creative=0&player_width=480&player_height=360) due to access control checks. [Error] Blocked a frame with origin “[http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” from accessing a frame with origin “[http://vast-f10-us-va.adhigh.net](http://vast-f10-us-va.adhigh.net)”. Protocols, domains, and ports must match. [Error] Blocked a frame with origin “[http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” from accessing a frame with origin “[http://tap2-cdn.rubiconproject.com](http://tap2-cdn.rubiconproject.com)”. Protocols, domains, and ports must match. [Error] Blocked a frame with origin “[http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” from accessing a frame with origin “[http://tpc.googlesyndication.com](http://tpc.googlesyndication.com)”. Protocols, domains, and ports must match. [Error] Blocked a frame with origin “[http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” from accessing a frame with origin “[http://tags.bluekai.com](http://tags.bluekai.com)”. Protocols, domains, and ports must match. [Error] Blocked a frame with origin “[http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)” from accessing a frame with origin “[http://bcp.crwdcntrl.net](http://bcp.crwdcntrl.net)”. Protocols, domains, and ports must match. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-behaving-badly/787080/2 "2017-05-20T17:37:58Z")
It looks to me like it’s coming from our advertisers. I don’t know how much control we have over their data usage. I’ve sent a message to our admins to have them look into it.