Comment by thomassmith65
4 days ago
That would be the most likely explanation if we knew the ICC and UN were targets, which we do not:
A Discover-Tech ad impression does not in and of itself confirm targeting or infection with spyware.
That's from the study itself: https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-tech-turned-targ...
In case my point was unclear: Discover-Tech served ads to many clients. As far as I could tell, it's the paper's authors who singled the ICC and UN out.
That might be why the authors, in that disclaimer:
• used "in and of itself" without a footnote
• downplayed "confirm targeting" by sticking "or infection with spyware" into the same sentence.