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Two things that happened this week:
- YouTube started banning the use of ad blockers
- Google was found serving ads with malware
@cameron since I didn't see the second thing before, i did my due diligence before boosting so pasting links here for others:
* https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/google-hosted-malvertising-leads-to-fake-keepass-site-that-looks-genuine/
If only legit software development was this thorough.... Or the Google anti-scam team.
"When visitors click on those links, a second system fingerprint check is performed by a JavaScript snippet to validate that there are no anomalies or indications that the visitor is using a sandbox."
@Nekoplanet @Greg @cameron nah. That would involve spending money.
Yes, they keep serving ads with a "skip to recipe" button that goes straight to a malware extension for their own browser.
Agree it should take relatively little ML and ad review skill to detect ads featuring a fake UI element or unlicensed trademark
@Greg @cameron I remember years ago Google would serve an ad with a malware-ridden version of Chrome when googling for just the word "chrome". Like the malware ad was literally the first result. I think it was that way for at least a day or two before they finally removed the ad. It was bizarre. It seriously reinforced the need for adblockers.
@kjetil_kilhavn @Greg @cameron I know, but in my experience most stuff you need is 