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 Block ads on your networks now.

The system designed to follow us around the net with ads is now a blinking national security & human rights threat.

And the incentives are all wrong. From platforms to publishers & ad networks they've spent every effort to make sure those ads get to our devices.

Now, predictably, the tech is going to dictators & being used to hack us.

Story: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-09-14/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/revealed-israeli-cyber-firms-developed-an-insane-new-spyware-tool-no-defense-exists/0000018a-93cb-de77-a98f-ffdf2fb60000

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 @e68a5c0d Ads aren't just an annoyance. They've persistently been a security issue. Ad-block is anti-malware. 
 @e68a5c0d #pihole FTW!