Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware

The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.

Online ads are snitching more about your private life than you bargained for, finds research

New research shows that the ads you see online carry enough information for AI to reconstruct a detailed personal profile, without you clicking anything or sharing any data.