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.

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      1 year ago

      Or offload them at the DNS so they dont even get to the device in the first instance.

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        1 year ago

        I do so love my Pihole. I forget how many ads are all over websites until I load up some site on a machine outside of my network.

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            One thing I like about this particular layer of defense is that it gives you more insight into the activities of the software and operating systems you’re using. The statistics they provide (I use Adguard Home) have proven very useful to me on several occasions .

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            No solution is perfect but could a DNS based solution with a privacy browser is as good as I can get on mobile devices without not connecting to the internet at all.