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> Ads are an attack, aimed at your brain. Ads are an attack aimed at your computer too. They download malicious code to spy on you and gather intelligence data

by Frieren 2mo ago

> Ads are an attack, aimed at your brain. Ads are an attack aimed at your computer too. They download malicious code to spy on you and gather intelligence data about everything you like, you visit, you buy,... it is malicious software hacking into your computer. The fact that some of the richest companies in the world are the criminals does not make it less of a crime. The propaganda part is, of course, also totally true. Lies, manipulation, etc. has been normalized when a few years back will have been considered a crime.

x______________ 2mo ago
On your resources too! Your electricity, processing power and network bandwidth are all being abused without any incentives to cover the costs.
- conmod278 2mo ago
  But Zuck has to put high-quality beef on his table which involves raising Wagyu and Angus cattle on a diet of macadamia nut meal and local beer. Zuck is not gonna do charity.
  - podocarp 2mo ago
    Do they actually raise cows on beer? I will believe the macadamia part.
spider-mario 2mo ago
> Ads are an attack aimed at your computer too. They download malicious code to spy on you and gather intelligence data about everything you like, you visit, you buy,... it is malicious software hacking into your computer. The ads themselves don’t do that. Some networks running those ads might.
- jdiff 2mo ago
  The ads themselves have been known to do that on many an occasion.