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.

  • newIdentity
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    -191 year ago

    And there always will be, but for normal people living in a democracy, that’s not a problem since it’s a state trojan

    • Flying Squid
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      111 year ago

      I didn’t realize democracies were malware-proof.

      • newIdentity
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        -101 year ago

        This is literally about a Trojan that is only sold to governments.

        I don’t like it and it definitely can be abused, but it’s not as bad as in Mexico

        • Flying Squid
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          71 year ago

          And we all know that democracies never do anything bad like buy trojans. That is impossible. Look at the great democracy that is America. America has never done a single bad thing since 1776.

          • newIdentity
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            1 year ago

            America already has full access to your phone. They don’t need a Trojan for that

            Also have you even read the second paragraph of my comment since that’s exactly what I said

            • Flying Squid
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              61 year ago

              What paragraph? This is what I responded to:

              And there always will be, but for normal people living in a democracy, that’s not a problem since it’s a state trojan

              It’s still a problem whether it’s a democracy or not.

              • newIdentity
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                1 year ago

                I don’t like it and it definitely can be abused, but it’s not as bad as in Mexico

                You replied to my wrong comment and basically said what I said in the comment you replied to.

                I just don’t think it’s that huge of a deal since they had these exploits before. It’s just now that everyone knows about it. Pegasus and Preditor are their competitors and governments use them for years.

                That’s not really a good thing, but it’s also not like everyone is going to be affected by it like it would be the case if this is public.

    • ☆Luma☆
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      51 year ago

      I’m democratically free of viruses, baby 😎 ✌️