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I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

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[โ€“] downpunxx@kbin.social 356 points 1 year ago (39 children)

Ad Blocking is Cyber Security, never ever let anyone convince you differently

[โ€“] Uranium3006@kbin.social 144 points 1 year ago (18 children)

if ads were just static PNGs with a link you went to if you clicked I wouldn't have ever bothered. but ads became a major malware and tracking risk so plugging that security hole became mandatory.

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