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Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware
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this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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America already has full access to your phone. They don't need a Trojan for that
Also have you even read the second paragraph of my comment since that's exactly what I said
What paragraph? This is what I responded to:
It's still a problem whether it's a democracy or not.
You replied to my wrong comment and basically said what I said in the comment you replied to.
I just don't think it's that huge of a deal since they had these exploits before. It's just now that everyone knows about it. Pegasus and Preditor are their competitors and governments use them for years.
That's not really a good thing, but it's also not like everyone is going to be affected by it like it would be the case if this is public.