<![CDATA[Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include:]]>Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include:

"Discover-Tech...also leveraged the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) consent frameworks to target users within the European Union."

https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-tech-turned-targeted-ads-into-a-pipeline-for-spyware/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a5664a52-14e5-4908-a915-5b9dc5892579/additional-highlights-from-the-citizen-lab-report-includeRSS for NodeSat, 31 Oct 2026 05:46:37 GMTThu, 15 Oct 2026 17:07:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:40:04 GMT]]>@evacide One more reason to
Kill! The! Cookie Banners!

https://killthecookiebanner.eu/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/readyandnot/statuses/117446148402045055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/readyandnot/statuses/117446148402045055Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:40:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:35:23 GMT]]>@evacide@hachyderm.io I have difficulty believing all the Flash malware ads were all government-sponsored.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://udongein.xyz/objects/b27a0cfe-b839-4c8a-a8eb-4d4ae41668bdhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://udongein.xyz/objects/b27a0cfe-b839-4c8a-a8eb-4d4ae41668bdThu, 15 Oct 2026 17:35:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:35:05 GMT]]>@evacide meanwhile websites loudly yell at me for my DNS level ad blocker and I just close the tab and move on

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avgeek.social/users/rpmik/statuses/117446128776292096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avgeek.social/users/rpmik/statuses/117446128776292096Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:35:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:27:45 GMT]]>@evacide ๐Ÿ˜… Thank you ma'am ๐Ÿ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446099930310874https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446099930310874Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:27:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:25:58 GMT]]>Thank you for very much for your recommendations too ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ’š ๐Ÿ™

@bss @evacide

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446092936722395https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446092936722395Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:25:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:25:51 GMT]]>@nemo You are correct in describing the trade-offs.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/117446092480019329https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/117446092480019329Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:25:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:22:35 GMT]]>@evacide 2/2 And, of course, putting pressure on politicians to change this

Thank you for your time ๐Ÿ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446079663674748https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446079663674748Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:22:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:22:21 GMT]]>@evacide Everything & anything that helps, maโ€™am "โ€ฆMay I interest you in EFF's Privacy Badger?"

Would EFFโ€™s Privacy Badger be a good addition to, for example, Brave? I only fear that too many extensions will broaden my uniqueness even more. I guess, compared with being unique and getting no-click zero-days, one has to choose oneโ€™s battles and poison of choiceโ€ฆ

Also, maybe this: https://dns.adguard-dns.com/dns-query in the Secure DNS field. Startpage as a search engine, or DuckDuckGo.

Enabling additional filters in brave://settings/shields/filters under Content filters?

Temporary Containers in private browsers?

Maybe a Pi-hole too. By the way, Iโ€™m not kidding. The more surveillance capitalism loses, the happier I get.

Also, maybe the uBlock Origin add-on, while itโ€™s still functioning due to Manifest V2.

And maybe, for iPhone/macOS users, this too:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/04/filtr-is-a-new-privacy-tool-that-blocks-ads-in-almost-every-iphone-and-mac-app/

Also, limiting location services and deleting advertising IDs where possible. And maybe a VPN too?

1/2

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446078754601508https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446078754601508Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:22:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:20:05 GMT]]>@nemo @evacide

uBlock lite is available for iOS devices and I'm guessing Android as well. It's free and will block most ads. If you're on iOS Wipr is a $5 purchase with an optional $5 subscription for the Filtr add-on that will also block ads at a system level which means it will block ads on third party browsers. The DuckDuckGo browser also does an excellent job at blocking ads.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116087615387651707/statuses/117446069814036406https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/ap/users/116087615387651707/statuses/117446069814036406Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:20:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:19:02 GMT]]>"This report exposes zero-click spyware delivered via targeted ads, which we call AdFection, and is the first technical demonstration that mercenary spyware is being distributed via targeted advertisements."

True. All of the other examples I can think of involve govts that roll their own malware.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/117446065684034769https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/117446065684034769Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:19:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:12:37 GMT]]>@nemo For iPhones, Lockdown Mode. Also, adblockers. May I interest you in EFF's Privacy Badger?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/117446040434412591https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/117446040434412591Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:12:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Additional highlights from the Citizen lab report include: on Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:08:18 GMT]]>@evacide What are good steps to defend oneself and ones frienz & family from stuff like this?

Any recommendations?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446023465169931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/nemo/statuses/117446023465169931Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:08:18 GMT