[ExI] The CIA uses Adblockers because ads are so dangerous

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The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous

The Intelligence Community has deployed ad-blocking technology,
according to a letter sent by Congress and shared with Motherboard.
By Joseph Cox     23.9.21

<https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ypke/the-nsa-and-cia-use-ad-blockers-because-online-advertising-is-so-dangerous>

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Lots of people who use ad blockers say they do it to block malicious
ads that can sometimes hack their devices or harvest sensitive
information on them. It turns out, the NSA, CIA, and other agencies in
the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) are also blocking ads potentially
for the same sorts of reasons.

With malvertising, hackers upload a malicious advertisement to an ad
network, which then distributes it to targets. Previous cases of
malvertising have redirected victims to exploit kits, which then break
into the victim's computer to steal data.
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Quite apart from the security risks, adblockers clean up the internet
by removing irrelevant junk from web pages and speed up internet
access by not waiting while adverts get displayed. If you want a fur-lined
nose protector, you can do a search for it. You don't need ads shoved
in front of you when you are trying to read about a famous proboscis.

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