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

submitted 1 year 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] 89 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

and there is currently no defense against it.

Don't load ads. There, problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I swear 90% of the world not aware of adblocker.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And then 9% out of that remaining 10% just can't be bothered to install them for some insane reason.