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.

  • 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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