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[โ€“] waigl@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (3 children)

We're getting close to the point where "running a stock ROM" is on the same level of inadvisable as "using a web browser without ad blocking". The latter of which was, btw, also not that big if a deal like ten or fifteen years ago.

It was sort of a big deal. The forbes malware injection attack by ads was ten years ago. It still ranks as one of the most hilarious 'poetic irony' bits in computer security. I'm sure ads were doing other insidious shit in 2010 that just went unnoticed because it didn't hit security researchers.

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