The NSA, FBI and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous

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The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous
September 23, 2021
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93y...rs-because-online-advertising-is-so-dangerous

Lots of people who use ad blockers say they do it to block malicious ads that can sometimes hack their devices or harvest sensitive information on them. It turns out, the NSA, CIA, and other agencies in the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) are also blocking ads potentially for the same sorts of reasons.

The IC, which also includes the parts of the FBI, DEA, and DHS, and various DoD elements, has deployed ad-blocking technology on a wide scale, according to a copy of a letter sent by Congress and shared with Motherboard.

"The IC has implemented network-based ad-blocking technologies and uses information from several layers, including Domain Name System information, to block unwanted and malicious advertising content," the CIO recently told Wyden's office, according to the letter.
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