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Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An investigative report reveals that new spyware can slip in unseen through online ads—and there is currently no defense against it. So not only that online ads are intrusive and can infect devices through malware, they can also be used for spying.

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[–] [email protected] 122 points 2 years ago (1 children)

An adblocker in this day and time is must for internet usage.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or offload them at the DNS so they dont even get to the device in the first instance.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago

I do so love my Pihole. I forget how many ads are all over websites until I load up some site on a machine outside of my network.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I use(and recommend) both for the best user experience.UBlock origin's element zapper feature has changed my life.