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.

  • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Yea, that’s not new. Malware in ads has been around for like a decade. None of the major ad providers have given zero fucks about it so an ad blocker is mandatory and with Google trying to make ad blocking harder to impossible it’s only a matter of time until some major issues with this malware happens.

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      1 year ago

      But now they being used for targeting devices by Spyware! Another reason to hate ads.