Zero-Click Spyware Delivered via Targeted Ads: AdFection

(citizenlab.ca)

79 points | by jcomp 4 hours ago

4 comments

  • fhdkweig 58 minutes ago
    A later submission has more comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50103000 , 57 comments 1 hour ago
  • kotaKat 32 minutes ago
    Apps should be required to disclose every single ad network they use as part of their app store disclosures. I want a lot more transparency as to where the ads are coming from inside the app itself.

    I've witnessed consumer apps throwing quite heinous malware/sketchware advertisements and watched the banners rotate between 4-5 different ad vendors to keep things hot and spicy.

    • itopaloglu83 6 minutes ago
      The incentives are lopsided, there’s so much money to be made by selling access to you and your devices, and controlling you, than just taking your money.
  • Ozzie_osman 55 minutes ago
    Let me guess which country is behind this one!
  • kleiba2 4 hours ago
    uBlock Origin ftw