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   Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 03:19:47 JST Tek say resist

   Here's a Google ad impersonating the brew.sh website but linking to a malware site.

   Remember, it is always 100% morally and ethically OK to use ad blockers.

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     Rachael L (r343l@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 03:40:16 JST Rachael L

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     @tek you have to wonder how many google engineers setting up a new laptop have literally used this source for their homebrew.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:28:44 JST Tek say resist

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     • Jonathan Matthews
     • jonathankoren™

     @jonathankoren @jonathanmatthews What could possibly go wrong?

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     jonathankoren™ (jonathankoren@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:28:45 JST jonathankoren™

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     • Jonathan Matthews

     @jonathanmatthews @tek oh yeah. That’s totally isn’t an abuse vector.

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     jonathankoren™ (jonathankoren@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:28:46 JST jonathankoren™

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     @tek it’s so weird that it says Sponsored brew.sh but the link goes to brewe.sh

     How does that happen?

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     Jonathan Matthews (jonathanmatthews@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:28:46 JST Jonathan Matthews

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     • jonathankoren™

     @jonathankoren @tek AIUI it's a feature of Google's (and other) ad platforms, so that advertisers can push the first click through ad-tracking services with unpronounceable URLs, but end up on the "correct" user-visible URL. The platform allows the advertiser to say "show this URL - I PROMISE it's where the user will end up" and then configure different first-click URLs.

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     Kallisti (kallisti@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:29:51 JST Kallisti

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     @tek AdBlockers are a security product

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:29:51 JST Tek say resist

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     • Kallisti

     @kallisti No one can convince me otherwise.

     I never leave the home network without one.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:36:15 JST Tek say resist

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     • Rachael L

     @r343l You know there have to be at least a few cursing the situation.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:43:02 JST Tek say resist

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     • Jérôme

     @jerome Yikes!

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     Jérôme (jerome@jasette.facil.services)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 04:43:03 JST Jérôme

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     @tek god I just installed brew on a new computer last week. Now I have to double check I was on the right website.

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     Rachael L (r343l@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 05:42:35 JST Rachael L

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     @tek Reports to ad team closed with no response. emails ignored.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:05:12 JST Tek say resist

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     • Gentleman Technologist

     @GentlemanTech I just paid for another year of Kagi last week. It's *sooooo* much better.

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     Gentleman Technologist (gentlemantech@cyberplace.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:05:14 JST Gentleman Technologist

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     @tek google search is effectively malware now.

     I switched to DDG last year and it was better. Switched to Kagi last week and that's been amazing.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 13:25:25 JST Tek say resist

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     • Ray Ingles

     @ringles Oh, very slick!

     Honestly, though, I moved on to Kagi. It’s a huge upgrade.

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     Ray Ingles (ringles@bookstodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 13:25:26 JST Ray Ingles

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     @tek

     It takes a bit of work, but you can set up the "Search Engine" in your browser (Chrome or Firefox for sure) to:

     ttps://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

     This disables AI, *and* ads. It's almost like useful Google again!

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     makuharigaijin (makuharigaijin@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:40:36 JST makuharigaijin

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     @tek
     Yet another reason to justify my subscription to #kagi. There are no sponsor links to take advantage of.
     However, the brew project really should not encourage copy/paste of these shell command pipes without inspection either.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:40:36 JST Tek say resist

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     • makuharigaijin

     @makuharigaijin I agree with all of that. I just renewed my annual Kagi subscription.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:41:55 JST Tek say resist

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     • m1rk0

     @m1rk0 In this case, it looked enough like a normal result that I could imagine someone not seeing the sponsored link tag and thinking it was just the first result.

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     m1rk0 (m1rk0@defcon42.net)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:41:59 JST m1rk0

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     @tek Who the af clicks on sponsored links? Especially with the title of an developer? 😳