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No click required: How the ad industry became a pipeline for mercenary spyware
That ad you just scrolled past on your phone but barely spared a look or click? It could be tracking your movements and collecting your data, without you having to do a thing.
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Researchers at The Citizen Lab report that a “zero‑click mercenary spyware” called AdFection can track users and harvest data from ads they merely scroll past, without any interaction. The tool exploits the expansive online advertising ecosystem, turning routine ad impressions into a covert data‑collection pipeline.
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