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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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I didn't realize democracies were malware-proof.
This is literally about a Trojan that is only sold to governments.
I don't like it and it definitely can be abused, but it's not as bad as in Mexico
And we all know that democracies never do anything bad like buy trojans. That is impossible. Look at the great democracy that is America. America has never done a single bad thing since 1776.
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.