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FBI Recommends Using an Adblocker to Perform Web Searches
- brucethemoose2 4y agoI already had to adblock APnews after I got served malware... twice. As I rant about often here, I really hope Google (and other ad networks) lose their blanket protection from accountability over what they serve. Just trusting them to moderate in good faith is not working.
- dredmorbius 4y agoNote that the submitted link is the primary source for several earlier HN submissions, notably: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web (<https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/fbi-recommends-ad-blocker-online-scams-b1048998.html https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/fbi-recommends-ad-blocker-on...>) 4 hours ago (168 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34916239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34916239> Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker (<https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/fbi-ad-blocker/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/fbi-ad-blocker/>) 2 months ago (36 comments) <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34095107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34095107>
- burna_aws_acct 4y agoI like Brave because it comes equipped with a customizable Ad blocker (and Tracker shields, VPN, and Tor integration).
- hulitu 4y agoSo Google and Bing is serving malware. Who would have thought. /s