I used to think ad blockers were just for avoiding annoying popups

Last month my kid clicked one of those "you won" banner ads on a sketchy site and it downloaded a tracker onto our family laptop. I ran a scan and found 12 tracking cookies from ad networks I never heard of. That's when I realized those little ads aren't just annoying, they're basically tiny spies feeding profiles to data brokers. Now I run uBlock Origin on every device in the house including my phone. Has anyone else had a close call like this that made you totally change your stance on something you ignored before?

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knight.mason11d ago

Honestly that "tiny spies" line hit me hard. I used to think ad blockers were just for people who hated seeing commercials, but getting hit with a drive-by download changed my mind real quick.