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Honestly that is probably safer. Having a typo in the url could Easley give you a phishing link. However, I also have gotten fishing adds when looking websites

Honestly that is probably safer. Having a typo in the url could Easley give you a phishing link. However, I also have gotten fishing adds when looking websites up so it’s not cut and dry at all.

6510 4y ago
For a good while if one searched for a (Dutch) gov institution or business google shows you the (free to call) phone number as a clickable link but the anchor has a different link to a paid per minute redirecting service. I know plenty of people who found the weird 15-50 euro entry on their bill.
Cannabat 4y ago
Google search results and ads have been abused successfully: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/scammers-using-text-messages-calls-emails-fake-ads-to-get-money/101167848 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/scammers-using-text-m... https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/scam-bank-google-advertisement-hotline-phone-number-victim-2501766 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/scam-bank-google-a... I think the only solution is education.
kolinko 4y ago
Oh no, it's not. Google's ads have been used to do phishing a lot. And - at least a few years ago, it was extremely difficult to report such ads. Perhaps it has improved recently, but it used to be a plague in crypto - people getting ads for phishing sites instead of legitimate ones, losing money, and Google being unresponsive to reports.
marak830 4y ago
Easley, I have to ask, was that a typo or highlighting your point?
- ffguuficc 4y ago
  Haha just a mistake! Thanks for pointing it out. Sadly I can’t edit it anymore :(
- Timwi 4y ago
  When I see something like that, I tend to assume that some people use speech recognition to write comments. (No idea if that was the case here.)
Pakdef 4y ago
The second time, they only have to type "f" in the address bar, since they probably don't clear their history...

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Honestly that is probably safer. Having a typo in the url could Easley give you a phishing link. However, I also have gotten fishing adds when looking websites

by ffguuficc 4y ago

Honestly that is probably safer. Having a typo in the url could Easley give you a phishing link. However, I also have gotten fishing adds when looking websites up so it’s not cut and dry at all.

6510 4y ago
For a good while if one searched for a (Dutch) gov institution or business google shows you the (free to call) phone number as a clickable link but the anchor has a different link to a paid per minute redirecting service. I know plenty of people who found the weird 15-50 euro entry on their bill.
Cannabat 4y ago
Google search results and ads have been abused successfully: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/scammers-using-text-messages-calls-emails-fake-ads-to-get-money/101167848 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/scammers-using-text-m... https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/scam-bank-google-advertisement-hotline-phone-number-victim-2501766 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/scam-bank-google-a... I think the only solution is education.
kolinko 4y ago
Oh no, it's not. Google's ads have been used to do phishing a lot. And - at least a few years ago, it was extremely difficult to report such ads. Perhaps it has improved recently, but it used to be a plague in crypto - people getting ads for phishing sites instead of legitimate ones, losing money, and Google being unresponsive to reports.
marak830 4y ago
Easley, I have to ask, was that a typo or highlighting your point?
- ffguuficc 4y ago
  Haha just a mistake! Thanks for pointing it out. Sadly I can’t edit it anymore :(
- Timwi 4y ago
  When I see something like that, I tend to assume that some people use speech recognition to write comments. (No idea if that was the case here.)
Pakdef 4y ago
The second time, they only have to type "f" in the address bar, since they probably don't clear their history...