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Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware (www.scientificamerican.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dns-based solutions don't get them all.

[–] pennomi 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably worth having multiple layers of defense

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One thing I like about this particular layer of defense is that it gives you more insight into the activities of the software and operating systems you're using. The statistics they provide (I use Adguard Home) have proven very useful to me on several occasions .

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

No solution is perfect but could a DNS based solution with a privacy browser is as good as I can get on mobile devices without not connecting to the internet at all.