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    7 months ago

    But by that logic, absolutely everything other than standing still in a fethal position in a dark cave is a cyber security risk.

    Are you using an extremely solid version of Linux? Wellllll, sometimes bad actors can push bad code to open source projects! It’s a risk!

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        7 months ago

        Yes, which is why that can’t be used as an argument against one specific tool.

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          7 months ago

          The benefits massively outweigh the risks when it comes to open source ad blockers (lets be honest, we’re all talking about uBO), but limiting your attack surface is a very widely practiced concept in cubersecurity, and there’s no situation where it is totally without merit.

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            7 months ago

            Not using a browser extension but loading JavaScript isn’t limiting your attack surface

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              7 months ago

              To be fair, I bet some percentage of those that don’t use an ad blocker ARE using something like no script and just don’t need one as a result.