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		lyu07282 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem t... Israeli malware companies also use targeted ads to use drive-by exploits to infect people's devices using ad networks based on IP addresses: https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/12/intellexa-lea... The fact that we still just allow arbitrary 3rd party code to run through ad networks is bizarre.

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Terr_ 1 day ago [–]

> The fact that we still just allow arbitrary 3rd party code to run through ad networks is bizarre.

It's interesting to imagine how things would change if those ad-networks were legally liable for their role in spreading scams and malware.

MiddleEndian 17 hours ago | [–]

Ad networks yes. Also the website operators and application developers.

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