• @[email protected]
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    481 year ago

    The ads are legitimate and paid for but disguise themselves as the website or software the user is searching for.

    That is not what “legitimate” means.

    • @_bug0ut
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      1 year ago

      Eh, “legit” as in “paid for, payment accepted by Google, displayed in search results without proper QC.”

    • @Duamerthrax
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      41 year ago

      A “legitimate” google ad tricked my friend into installing a version of vlc with spyware packed with it. This was a few years ago. Are tech journos just figuring this out?