cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11049489
The article provides a comprehensive overview of the risks associated with targeted ads and malvertising. It offers insights into the different ways malvertising can be carried out and how it can appear on any advertisement on any website, including popular ones. It cites examples of high-profile malvertising cases involving major companies and platforms. The article also highlights the dangers of malicious scripts that can be downloaded without user interaction and discusses the potential risks of scams and phishing.
The article provides clear and actionable advice on how to mitigate these risks, such as blocking ads and associated scripts, using adblocking software like uBlock Origin, and employing DNS resolvers capable of blocking malware and ads.
It also offers guidance on what to do when blocking ads is not possible, emphasizing the importance of avoiding clicking on displayed advertisements and being cautious of too-good-to-be-true offers.
Overall, the article is well-researched, informative, and provides a resource for understanding the risks of targeted ads and malvertising.
Wow, something anyone with a brain noted 20 years ago is finally being acknowledged.
Is it necessary to cross post this so many times?
Yes, it is very necessary.
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I disagree that the different communities have distinct user bases. I don’t have data to support my claim, but one can assume there is a lot of overlap between the communities privacy, privacyguides, and privacy@lemmy.one. Perhaps technology has a non-empty symmetric difference with respect to the other communities.
I for one was a little annoyed seeing the repeated links in my feed. It’s something that happens a lot on Lemmy which makes me want to come here less often. Perhaps a solution would be to combine cross posts into one post with links to the cross posts.
Yes. And airplanes can be used as mass-murder/terror devices…
Bad actors will corrupt absolutely everything given a sliver of opportunity to do so. That doesn’t make everything inherently bad.
Right, so it makes sense to use ad blockers to stop all ads. If bad actors can corrupt absolutely everything, then absolutely all ads will need to be blocked.
Makes sense, so why point out targeted ads?
with that logic, do you also block all of the internet?? All the ads, phishing, malware, cryptominers, virus, worms spread through the internet. so it makes sense to turn off the Internet. So why are you here?
