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1) Use an ad blocker, always. 2) In advertisements, Google shouldn't allow the advertiser to modify the domain that is displayed. Really, why do they even do t

by abfaqb 3y ago

1) Use an ad blocker, always. 2) In advertisements, Google shouldn't allow the advertiser to modify the domain that is displayed. Really, why do they even do this? 3) IDN shouldn't be enabled by default.

entuno 3y ago
Yeah, it's really bad that Google don't actually show the proper characters in the URL. It's hard to spot - but at least if they displayed the actual URL then you'd have a chance.
mschuster91 3y ago
> 2) In advertisements, Google shouldn't allow the advertiser to modify the domain that is displayed. Really, why do they even do this? Because advertisers usually want to send links to a tracker site of their own first so that they can verify if their numbers match up with what Google reports. No one trusts anyone in the advertising space, and for good reasons. Advertising has always been a space filled to the brim with crooks and fraudsters.
- ykonstant 3y ago
  >Advertising has always been a space filled to the brim with crooks and fraudsters. If I ever work at a cubicle, I will hang this sentence on a large frame over my desk, then stay silent and stare every time someone comes and complains about my ad blockers.
  - shiroiuma 3y ago
    Unless you're working at an adtech company, why would anyone complain about your ad blockers at work? Or even notice?
    - brucethemoose2 3y ago
      There was a brief period in my tech history where I viewed adblockers as "somewhat immoral." I am waaay past that now.
- nyanpasu64 3y ago
  For one thing, Google search ads should not show users a domain different from the domain Google redirects directly to. If a website wants to track clicks, the URL they ask Google to send users to should not live on a different domain than the domain the user sees before clicking. Anything else invites impersonation like this, and makes Google complicit in undetectable phishing. See previously, gilimp and https://fxtwitter.com/ericlaw/status/1712531148356661494 https://fxtwitter.com/ericlaw/status/1712531148356661494.
godshatter 3y ago
4) Use a different search engine. I use search.brave.com myself.
hightrix 3y ago
> 1) Use an ad blocker, always. There used to be a time where it was moral to whitelist trusted websites to give them ad revenue. That time is far gone. Stories like this are a stark reminder to use a good adblocker (uBlock Origin) everywhere on every site all the time. To reuse an overused analogy, adblockers are like condoms for the web.

by abfaqb 3y ago

entuno 3y ago

Yeah, it's really bad that Google don't actually show the proper characters in the URL. It's hard to spot - but at least if they displayed the actual URL then you'd have a chance.

mschuster91 3y ago

> 2) In advertisements, Google shouldn't allow the advertiser to modify the domain that is displayed. Really, why do they even do this? Because advertisers usually want to send links to a tracker site of their own first so that they can verify if their numbers match up with what Google reports. No one trusts anyone in the advertising space, and for good reasons. Advertising has always been a space filled to the brim with crooks and fraudsters.

ykonstant 3y ago
>Advertising has always been a space filled to the brim with crooks and fraudsters. If I ever work at a cubicle, I will hang this sentence on a large frame over my desk, then stay silent and stare every time someone comes and complains about my ad blockers.
- shiroiuma 3y ago
  Unless you're working at an adtech company, why would anyone complain about your ad blockers at work? Or even notice?
  - brucethemoose2 3y ago
    There was a brief period in my tech history where I viewed adblockers as "somewhat immoral." I am waaay past that now.
nyanpasu64 3y ago
For one thing, Google search ads should not show users a domain different from the domain Google redirects directly to. If a website wants to track clicks, the URL they ask Google to send users to should not live on a different domain than the domain the user sees before clicking. Anything else invites impersonation like this, and makes Google complicit in undetectable phishing. See previously, gilimp and https://fxtwitter.com/ericlaw/status/1712531148356661494 https://fxtwitter.com/ericlaw/status/1712531148356661494.

godshatter 3y ago

4) Use a different search engine. I use search.brave.com myself.

hightrix 3y ago

> 1) Use an ad blocker, always. There used to be a time where it was moral to whitelist trusted websites to give them ad revenue. That time is far gone. Stories like this are a stark reminder to use a good adblocker (uBlock Origin) everywhere on every site all the time. To reuse an overused analogy, adblockers are like condoms for the web.