We know they didn't catch 100%. Assume they caught 75%. How many millions of malicious ads have been served to folks who don't use an ad blocker? Why won't everyone use an ad blocker? It's not to stop (hear-me.social)

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[-] clonedhuman@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

ublock origin w/Firefox has worked so incredibly well for me that I start getting incredibly irritated whenever I'm forced to watch an advertisement elsewhere.

I can't imagine how many system problems I've prevented just buy using ublock origin. I also use Privacy Badger from the EFF to block trackers. Overall, I feel pretty secure using my daily driver for email and such.

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