- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ca
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…
Once again, the adblocker shows its value as an essential security tool.
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.