This is what Surprised_Pikachu.jpg was made for I Imagine.
Whether there is evidence or not of surveillance via Starlink, does anyone believe that anything connected to the Internet does not have some ability for surveillance imbedded?
What do you mean by this? If you mean “networks can always be listened on on” then sure. If you mean “all devices have a backdoor” then no.
In general people have no fucking idea or just don’t want to know.
You can lay out the evidence of all the ways cigarettes will kill a person and a huge number of people will go ahead and smoke anyway. We are not an entirely rational species.
People have a massive capacity for self delusion. Even then a lot of people who accept the truth of living under corporate and government mass surveillance think the risks are acceptable or won’t be abused or are unavoidable in modern life. They are wrong but I can understand how their delusion brings them comfort.
A lot of “duh” comments indicating people didn’t read… The headline could be better too but it doesn’t excuse commenting without even engaging the post…
Also, even if it was what people think it is, it’s important to have evidence and journalism highlighting that evidence.
I read the post and it’s still a “duh.” Of course, other countries will exploit the systemic corruption in our system. It makes a lot of sense for governments in non-Starlink countries to target Starlink users on their territory because those are basically guaranteed to be spies or saboteurs. And yeah, ad targetting isn’t exactly a new tactic. I just don’t get how agents are not using uBlock Origin. Don’t they get some basic computer security best practices course?
You could call anything a “duh” with that argument…
I will say, I’ve taken a TON of basic cyber security corporate run training events… NONE of them talk about using ad block hahahahah.
Yeah, maybe i am a bit biased. And you should definitely tell them to add ad blocking and awareness of targeted and dragnet malvertising to their courses. Blocking ads should also increase productivity by reducing distractions and cognitive load when using the web.
Hey guys, I just heard water is wet. There’s news all over. Why are we just picking on a musk owned company? Obviously Musk cares so little about his test subjects he also tallies what shows they watch and websites they visit, like Facebook. Every company under the sun is tapping your conversations, looking at your phone, listening to your music. Nothing you do is private, Starlink or otherwise.
Get VPN and even then its not so cut and dry.
Noooooo. Ya don’t say.
NOOOO YOU DON’T SAY
Um, duh.
We should find the guy that made this and lock him up!
I’m not arguing against your username, but this article is about an Israeli malware campaign using ad bids to specifically target itself towards Starlink users. There’s nothing about Starlink itself being complicit.
I’d think if Starlink wanted to surveil their users (they probably do) they could find a more direct route than this (they probably have).
For one mistake? Seems like that would be appropriate if he had a track record of bad behavior perhaps.
He’s got a bright future ahead of him, shouldn’t punish him for a few seconds of action
All ad networks are malware distribution networks.
Adblock is the new antivirus.
I heard adblock was sold to advertising interests, and some of the creators that were against selling it made the content blocker ublockorigin, which works better than adblock ever did. Undetectable by websites too unlike adblockers.
Adblock the concept, not Adblock the named software browser extension.
People should currently be using ublockorigin as you say.
Is that why a lot of people still don’t use it?
Obviously most of people in comments didn’t read the article, so here is TLDR:
A shady Israeli company was found to be spreading scary zero-click spyware through targeted ads. Despite being banned from Google ad platform, they seem to simply change business entity from time to time and keep doing what they do. One of such attacks was targeted to people using StarLink, including in countries that restrict StarLink use. Attacks through targeted ads, not StarLink itself. Targeted ads are bad, StarLink users are target audience.
This is what happens when you societally refuse to “pierce the corporate veil”. The criminals actually performing the illegal activity wear articles of incorporation like a costume or disguise, then when they get busted, they throw that costume in a dumpster and get a new one.
I think we need Fred, Daphne, and Velma to find out who this criminal really is.
Well it is an Israli company. The call could be coming from inside the house.
JINKIES, a clue!
Despite being banned from Google ad platform
The most shocking news to me is that google banned something evil or malicious from their ad platform
It was the wrong kind of evil that doesn’t make them any money and hurts sales.
I’m glad this is coming to light, but… duh
People clapping for Internet on planes from Herr Tesla who led the massive data theft of social security and citizen records, and people would feign surprise?
As you said, duh
I doubt many people using internet on planes give any þought as to how. Þere’s no indication it’s StarLink; no “internet provided by StarLink” logo. Not on any plane I’ve flown in, anyway.
since 2022, when he slowed down ukraine startshield/link.
Ohh the irony, I just received an email invite to subscribe to Starlink after reading this post…wtf lol
wasnt it obvious form the start? and since 2022, im not surprised its heavily rolled in RURAL area and red states.
The whole point of Starlink was to bring broadband to rural areas… The places telephone and cable companies didn’t want to build modern infrastructure for.
At the beginning you couldn’t even sign up for Starlink near cities.didn’t want to
That’s what regulations are for. We let them have their regional monopolies, and they build out service everywhere, even the nonprofitable builds. Then we just stopped doing that when the bribes got big enough, and this problem came into being. All those shacks in the middle of nowhere have phone lines because of this regulation, which is totally still on the books, by the way.
Put musk in prison
I’m shocked, shocked I say!!
You’ll never guess the country who made and distributed the spyware ads…
It’s China, right? I keep hearing about how China is the only country that ever spies ever. /s
Discover-Tech, an Israeli advertising firm previously linked to the delivery of zero-click spyware, is the top bidder for Starlink ad impressions in 105 countries, according to a new report from Reuters.
Who could have seen this plot twist coming. Absolutely blindsided, that’s me.
It’s probably technically true since in the US we leave our spying to the Corporations.
