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.

  • @Alkatane
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    121 year ago

    AdGuard DNS for android :)

    • BeboOP
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      51 year 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
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        21 year 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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          21 year 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.

          • @Alkatane
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            11 year ago

            Did you trying using the default patches?

            • BeboOP
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              11 year ago

              Fact is, I am lazy. Reading the long list of things to do to patch the app and to keep it updated put me off so I didn’t try.

              • @Alkatane
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                11 year ago

                People read the list???

                • BeboOP
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                  11 year ago

                  Yes, I read the instructions for patching the app.

                  • @Alkatane
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                    11 year ago

                    Oh, I thought the patches list

      • @Alkatane
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        11 year ago

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