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Show HN: SongFlip – Zero-click music link redirector for Android and iOS
by thefraggle · Oct 18, 2026 · 1 points
See: Exposing AdFection How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware, https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-t…
by runningmike · Oct 18, 2026
Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads
by walterbell · Oct 18, 2026 · 11 points
Seems like yet another sweet way of hiding zero-click browser exploits. Thank you.
by 09172380612 · Oct 17, 2026
Recent and related: AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101813 - Oct 2026 (66…
by dang · Oct 17, 2026
Online ad networks are zero-click spyware and their entire purpose is to maniputate the user against his own interests. The only reasonable thing to do is to block them entirely…
by account42 · Oct 16, 2026
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