> Hell, US intelligence agencies block ads at the network level because the ad industry is so infested with tracking/malware/spyware/exploits/etc. That’s a hell of an indictment.

I think this just means that they have a different threat profile than I do, and they take it seriously. There is a chance that an ad could attempt to attack me, but I am not likely to be targeted. If I thought state level attacks were going to target me specifically I would do a bunch of things differently, but it is not currently worth the effort.