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.
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.
Don’t load ads. There, problem solved.
yep… no defense at all…
https://ublockorigin.com/
I really wish there was something that works against them
https://privacybadger.org/
it really sucks that there isn’t
https://pi-hole.net/
https://adguard-dns.io/en/welcome.html
maybe someone will come along eventually and solve this problem
https://openwrt.org/supported_devices
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking
It takes some savviness to do this. Most people aren’t techy enough.
the first two is literally just download and forget about it, but I’ll give you needing some know-how on the others
it’s scary for people who don’t understand it. i would never ask my parents to get it because i know that any errors or whatever their computer will get will get blamed on the extension and get blamed on me.
Thing is most people are unaware of the harmful nature of ads and don’t care to do anything to block them.
I swear 90% of the world not aware of adblocker.
And then 9% out of that remaining 10% just can’t be bothered to install them for some insane reason.
“I don’t mind the ads…”
“WHY THE FUCK NOT, ARE YOU EVEN HUMAN?”
Exactly! Can’t understand how do so many people tolerate ads.
I think I heard that usage on desktop is something like 1 in 4, which is pretty good. Mobile is another world altogether, since it requires different browsers that support adblocking and then accessing websites through the browser instead of the app for the website, which many users would definitely prefer to use.