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.
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.
The FBI recommends using an ad blocker for precisely this reason.
And then companies like YouTube force you to unblock them.
What? YouTube can’t force me to do shit.
They have blocked users in the past from seeing any videos until their adblocker it removed
You still have the option of closing the tab and moving on with life, or digging in to see if there’s another way around it.
Closing the tab and moving on with life is what I do when a Twitter login prompt or paywall appears. I’ve often thought it would be better for me to unblock ads, at least on timewasting sites like Youtube, just so that I get pissed off by the ads and close the tab, making it easier to stop wasting time.
I had been watching youtube on my phone using ublock origin on Firefox, but since youtube started this shit I have shifted permanently to newpipe.
We need to go a step further. Have Congress ban internet ads as a matter of national security. Just let me short Google and Facebook stock first.
Never going to happen, the USA is a nation built on ads.
This is probably why we have $1T in credit card debt… at least one reason.
Ads?
Yes. People are constantly being manipulated to think they need a bunch of stuff they don’t need, so they spend money they don’t have.
Really wish this would happen! Even though I know that this wish would never come true.