Re: Spyware ecosystem
You've obviously not used this kind of firewall.
What's being talked about here is an outgoing firewall where the user is typically asked to permit or block each individual network connection as it is requested (by the operating system, or an app, or JavaScript inside a web page). So loading a page in a browser could result in several prompts requesting connections to different domains - ad servers, tracking servers etc. and you can choose which succeed and which are blocked.
Now that's a bit chatty so you can usually set up permanent rules to allow or block. Really effective for removing adverts and usurping tracking attempts.
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