Malwarebytes has more info on fake domains showing up in search ads -- in this case it's fake ads for ads.google.com but looks like the same principle (?)
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Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:06:43 JST Don Marti
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Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:06:41 JST Tek say resist
@dmarti @twifkak @jonathankoren That's kind of hilarious.
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Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:07:44 JST Don Marti
@twifkak @jonathankoren @tek (and yes, "experienced advertisers" in the USA are more likely to run an ad blocker than average https://www.ghostery.com/blog/privacy-report-advertisers-and-adblockers )
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Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:08:15 JST Tek say resist
@dmarti @twifkak @jonathankoren Even the FBI recommends it for everyone.
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Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:31:19 JST Tek say resist
@dmarti @twifkak @jonathankoren In summary, every federal law enforcement and national security agency says you should block ads. That’s pretty clear advice.
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Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:31:20 JST Don Marti
@tek @twifkak @jonathankoren and the NSA, and the CIA... https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-nsa-and-cia-use-ad-blockers-because-online-advertising-is-so-dangerous/
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