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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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[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 27 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours 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.