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.

    • BeboOP
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      52 years ago

      Yes! And ublock origin on Firefox. And I use newpipe with sponsor block for youtube. Not seen an ad in ages. Ads are a cybersecurity threat no doubt.

      • @Alkatane@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        For YouTube, I use ReVanced Extended, it has Sponsor Block, Return Dislikes Back and an Ad Block. (Btw it’s a fork of a fork)

        • BeboOP
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          22 years ago

          Honestly, setting up revanced seems a little too much work to me. So I use newpipe which I find much easier to set up.