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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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[–] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 136 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An adblocker in this day and time is must for internet usage.

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Or offload them at the DNS so they dont even get to the device in the first instance.

[–] Geek_King@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do so love my Pihole. I forget how many ads are all over websites until I load up some site on a machine outside of my network.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I need to get a new modem/router. My arris that came with my fiber internet screws up my ability to remote connect to Plex and it won't let me set up a pihole.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

dns-based solutions don't get them all.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably worth having multiple layers of defense

[–] CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de 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 .

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 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.

[–] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I use(and recommend) both for the best user experience.UBlock origin's element zapper feature has changed my life.