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Malicious Google Search Ads can now fake the displayed URL to push malware downloads
(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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Don't use google search, if you do, do not follow 'sponsored' links. Not only may they be malware, as in this case, but google will be tracking you.
It's truly amazing that google gives no fucks whatsoever when it comes to ads, yet their threat security team is one of the best in the business.
After works drinks must be fun...
I remember my coworkers (who were devs) Google searched Firefox to download and hit the first link which was an ad. It was a German version of Firefox with spyware.
Our IT department caught it but I was sorta surprised my coworkers hit the link as opposed to the first search term. That ad was active for a long time though ... I think years.
Google tracked the other links too.
So there’s that
Google tracks you everywhere, particularly with captcha. If you block connection to google.com and gstatic.com then half of the internet won't work.