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Not safe, before even knowing if a site has the content you want you can be redirected to malware through ad networks not even joking
by akdev1l 8mo ago
Not safe, before even knowing if a site has the content you want you can be redirected to malware through ad networks
not even joking
- massysett 8mo agoOn an up to date Safari on Mac, not a realistic concern, and if it were, I’d use security software, not an ad blocker.
- akdev1l 8mo ago0 days exist and they are exploited in the wild sometimes An ad-blocker /is/ security software. You don’t have to take it from me, you can read from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency > AT-A-GLANCE RECOMMENDATIONS > Standardize and Secure Web Browsers > Deploy Advertisement Blocking Software > Isolate Web Browsers from Operating Systems > Implement Protective Domain Name System Technologies Literally their second recommendation on this pamphlet about securing web browsers: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Capacity_Enhancement_Guide-Securing_Web_Browsers_and_Defending_Against_Malvertising_for_Federal_Agencies.pdf https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Capaci... Moreover you don’t even need a 0-day to fall for phishing. All you need is to be a little tired or somehow not paying attention (inb4 “it will never happen to ME, I am too smart for that”)
- sensanaty 8mo agoAt $JOB IT actually bundles uBlock in all the browsers available to us, as per CIA (or one of those 3-letter agencies, might've even been the NSA) guidelines it's a very important security tool. I work in banking. Modern advertisement is malware.
- nake89 8mo agoDo you not might ad companies tracking everything you do?