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Most of the modern internet is indistinguishable from what we used to call malware (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Every site is trying to pull a Bonzai Buddy now.

"We need all your info for advertising, not you can't opt out unless you make an account and give us your email. Oops, looks like I hid the opt-out under a subheader. Amazon is now profiling you."

WE USED TO CALL THAT SHIT A VIRUS.

ITS EVERY. FUCKING. WEBSITE. NOW

"Hi I'm going to block this entire site until you give me your info, this is very cool and normal."

Capitalism ruined the internet. The whole thing is malware now.

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[-] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago

Luckily you can mitigate most of it by installing uBlock Origin.

[-] hummingspark@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

i second ublock origin.

But the problem runs deeper. Sure you can hide from all those ads they display, but they can still data mine your existence and shape it with their recommendations.

[-] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

they can still data mine your existence and shape it with their recommendations

You can protect from that, too, but it's substantially harder and takes a lot more effort.

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 19 points 8 months ago

I resent the idea that a normal person needs like two media studies degrees and a minor in cyber security to interact kinda safely with aspects of our society that are essentially non-optional

[-] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Fully agreed, it's fucked

[-] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

It’s prohibitively difficult enough that most people will never even try, which means it’s working as intended.

[-] Octagon9561@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

No, uBlock Origin is a tracker blocker too.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

I still can't see any links my friends send me if they're from twitter, facebook, insta, etc (half the time anyway, seems to let me sometimes for short amounts of time) because they block the site with a wall telling you to log in.