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The__Guy_Fawkes@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml ·
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Here is how to help fight against zero-click spyware. "Online ads weaponised to deliver zero-click spyware, researchers say"

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Here is how to help fight against zero-click spyware. "Online ads weaponised to deliver zero-click spyware, researchers say"

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The__Guy_Fawkes@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml ·
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Always use ad blockers!

There is spyware that doesn’t even require you to click on it:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/15/israeli-firm-digital-ads-enabling-installation-of-zero-click-spyware-researchers-say

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    panicing about things that won’t realistically be used against us.

    That we know of…

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      A zero click zero day is worth 10s to 100s of millions of dollars. They guard these very carefully, to avoid burning them, like what happened here.

      You aren’t that important to anyone.

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        Don’t be so sure. You don’t know me Cameron lol.

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