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[–] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Two weeks ago, Google served me a sponsored link that led right to a malicious site trying to install malware. Not only did they not prevent this from being the top hit, they even profited off of it.

The link looked a little dodgy in hindsight. To me. I feel like a company like Google should pick up on it. But they just don't give af anymore.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Having an adblocker is basic security.

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    I forgot to mention that this was on a freshly installed osx. I had just pulled Firefox and was looking for the homebrew website. Google was the default search. I normally have it set to the duck or qwant but I just hadn't come around do it yet.

    I also never click on the sponsored links as a matter of principle but I was in a hurry and I was getting sloppy. But was always because I didn't want them to have even more money, not because I thought those links could be harmful.

    They only have to be successful once...

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