Get an ad blocker.
For you.
Your friends / found family.
Your crazy ass conservative Fox News relatives
Your $dayJob spamming you Cyber Awareness
Your dog
Your cat is likely fine
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You have probably seen the excellent reporting CitizenLab about AdFection, the insidious targeting and profiling of journalists (and others) via ad networks. But if not, drop everything and read it now.
https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-tech-turned-targeted-ads-into-a-pipeline-for-spyware/
THEN, read Confiant's companion piece which answers the deep technical questions I had about the infection mechanisms and targeting.
https://blog.confiant.com/p/adint-weaponized-ad-tech-for-zero-click-spyware-and-mass-identity-vacuuming