Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware - eviltoast

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.

  • newIdentity@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    This is literally about a Trojan that is only sold to governments.

    I don’t like it and it definitely can be abused, but it’s not as bad as in Mexico

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      1 year ago

      And we all know that democracies never do anything bad like buy trojans. That is impossible. Look at the great democracy that is America. America has never done a single bad thing since 1776.

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        1 year ago

        America already has full access to your phone. They don’t need a Trojan for that

        Also have you even read the second paragraph of my comment since that’s exactly what I said

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          1 year ago

          What paragraph? This is what I responded to:

          And there always will be, but for normal people living in a democracy, that’s not a problem since it’s a state trojan

          It’s still a problem whether it’s a democracy or not.

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            1 year ago

            I don’t like it and it definitely can be abused, but it’s not as bad as in Mexico

            You replied to my wrong comment and basically said what I said in the comment you replied to.

            I just don’t think it’s that huge of a deal since they had these exploits before. It’s just now that everyone knows about it. Pegasus and Preditor are their competitors and governments use them for years.

            That’s not really a good thing, but it’s also not like everyone is going to be affected by it like it would be the case if this is public.