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Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware (www.scientificamerican.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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)

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you trying using the default patches?

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People read the list???

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I read the instructions for patching the app.

[–] Alkatane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I thought the patches list