• The benefits massively outweigh the risks when it comes to open source ad blockers (lets be honest, we’re all talking about uBO), but limiting your attack surface is a very widely practiced concept in cubersecurity, and there’s no situation where it is totally without merit.

        • @kadu@lemmy.world
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          01 year ago

          Not using a browser extension but loading JavaScript isn’t limiting your attack surface

          • @psivchaz@reddthat.com
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            31 year ago

            To be fair, I bet some percentage of those that don’t use an ad blocker ARE using something like no script and just don’t need one as a result.