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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] -19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't realize democracies were malware-proof.

[+] [email protected] -10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm democratically free of viruses, baby 😎 ✌️

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

As long as you aren't a state target