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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 00:19:03 JST Aral Balkan

   • Signal
   • Meredith Whittaker

   Wow, if you search for signal messenger on DuckDuckGo using Chrome, the actual @signalapp web site is the *third* entry following ads for “Signal Private Messenger – Free Download” that leads to the site appmaus.com and “Get Signal Messenger | Install Signal App” that leads to the site filelocations.com.

   DuckDuckGo should be held criminally liable for anyone who ends up downloading malware because of this.

   CC @Mer__edith

   #DuckDuckGo #Signal #adtech #teachingPeopleHowToGetPhished #malware #security #privacy #BigTech

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     Adéla Kučerová (bzzzwa@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 00:27:03 JST Adéla Kučerová

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     • Signal
     • Meredith Whittaker

     @aral @signalapp @Mer__edith In Firefox everything seems OK..

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 00:27:03 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Signal
     • Meredith Whittaker
     • Adéla Kučerová

     @bzzzwa @signalapp @Mer__edith On Safari, I’m seeing one ad above the main site.

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     RFanciola (rfancio@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 00:47:37 JST RFanciola

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     • Signal
     • Meredith Whittaker
     • Adéla Kučerová

     @aral @bzzzwa @signalapp @Mer__edith I guess the problem is more the browser then DuckDuckGo

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 00:47:37 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Signal
     • RFanciola
     • Meredith Whittaker
     • Adéla Kučerová

     @RFancio @bzzzwa @signalapp @Mer__edith Well, no, the ads are DuckDuckGo’s. But there is definitely a difference between who is shown what depending on the browser.