Ad blocking software

Illustration: Artem Mashchenko (Shutterstock)YouTube is cracking down on users determined to evade its ads and has given some of them an ultimatum: Turn off your ad blocker or subscribe to YouTube Premium. Ad-blocking users who don’t opt for either of those options won’t be able to watch videos on YouTube at all.Why Banning TikTok Won’t Protect Our PrivacyThe measure is part of a limited global test being carried out by the company to ensure advertisers continue to get the most views for their money, Bleeping Computer…

I want to believe.Photo: Dzelat (Shutterstock)The Federal Bureau of Investigation took a break from hunting serial killers this week to post a public service announcement: if you’re not using an ad blocker, what are you doing?According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, criminals are using ads in search engine results like Google and Bing to impersonate brands. These ads send unsuspecting users off to phony websites that look identical to the pages people are actually searching for, where they are then be subjected…