I've argued for a long time that adblocking isn't just a quality of life thing, it's an essential security control for browsing the Internet in the same way that patching your system and running malware protection is. I didn't expect it to be protecting your physical security quite so soon..
This sort of thing should also help put the "adblocking is unethical" argument to bed.
> Intellexa also uses malicious ads on third-party platforms to fingerprint visitors and redirect those who match its target profiles to its exploit delivery servers.
The prominent link there not protected by https redirects to the wikipedia page for "uphill battle"...who and why about that redirect is the question being posed perhaps but how alarmist do we want to be?
I've argued for a long time that adblocking isn't just a quality of life thing, it's an essential security control for browsing the Internet in the same way that patching your system and running malware protection is. I didn't expect it to be protecting your physical security quite so soon..
This sort of thing should also help put the "adblocking is unethical" argument to bed.
OS security was in the previous step:
> Intellexa also uses malicious ads on third-party platforms to fingerprint visitors and redirect those who match its target profiles to its exploit delivery servers.
-- https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/12/leaks-show-in...
Not blocking ads is bordering a self-destructive behaviour now.
>This sort of thing should also help put the "adblocking is unethical" argument to bed.
Finally. There are a lot of high profile YouTubers who have been saying this like LinusTechTips.
It's not about blocking ads, but blocking tracking. If you connect to internet you are being tracked even though you block known tracking URLs.
e.g. Hacker news uses no tracking url but uses Cloudflare which tracks the user across sites for things like bot detection.
You are not powerless.
https://0xacab.org/dCF/deCloudflare
The prominent link there not protected by https redirects to the wikipedia page for "uphill battle"...who and why about that redirect is the question being posed perhaps but how alarmist do we want to be?
I love your URL!
Not sure that blocks device ID tracking through timing metrics for example. You can turn off java but then you become a beacon of suspicious activity.
Do one better, block ads and give them false data on your profile using a solution like Ad Nauseam.
Ad Nauseam unironically gives ad networks massively more information and data points to track you than if you just straight up blocked the ads.
Do you have a source besides yourself?