Governments are hacking people with ‘zero-click’ spyware by showing them online ads (pogowasright.org)

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Zack Whittaker reports: Security researchers at digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to target and hack devices by serving malicious online adverts. A new report published Thursday by the University of Toronto lab, which investigates surveillance and digital rights abuses, said an Israeli company called Discover-Tech...

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[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Wasn't this story only about Israel doing this? Now it's about "Goverments"?

Edit: The article is literally only about that Israeli company, lol. Nice self-censorship.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

Once we've solved the current fascism problem we are coming for the advertisers. I'm especially looking at you "Tide". The tech bros are bad actors and you subsidize the hell out of them. /s

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 36 points 1 day ago

Once again, the adblocker shows its value as an essential security tool.

[-] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

well said

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have said it many times before, untill wedsite owners take legal and financial responsibillity for any harm comming from visiting their website and displaying their ads, I won't even consider disabling my adblocker. If they do take that responsibillity, I still wouldn't disable my adblocker, but I would consider it.

this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2026

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