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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      7 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.