An Israeli surveillance technology firm has run a large-scale operation to infect mobile phones with spyware using online advertisements to hack the devices, researchers said on Thursday.
Here is a bit more information that might help, I posted this in privacy too.
On Android, install the FOSS vpn ad blocker AdAway from F-Droid to block ads within apps. It isn’t perfect though, can’t stop Spotify ads
I already block an absolute fuck-ton stuff with Pi-hole, so I made a Wireguard VPN that pipes my phone through my local network. It’s been very effective at killing mobile app ads.
On Android, my ad-blocking strategy is to use uBlock Origin with Firefox, and to not tolerate apps with built-in ads to begin with (getting most of them from F-Droid).
I try to do the same, but not everyone is able to be in that position
I use tracker control, Similar tool. I’ll look into that, sounds neat.
E: It looks like tracker control is a little bit more granular, so I think I’ll stick with that.
I’ll definitely keep this little gem in my back pocket, though. Looks like a coal app.