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The attack vector for scams seems immediately apparent, so this just seems very negligent. It also reduces the risk for advertisers as the profit from taking o
by bcye 2y ago
The attack vector for scams seems immediately apparent, so this just seems very negligent.
It also reduces the risk for advertisers as the profit from taking over an ad account is less if you can't direct users to malware from an account with good standing (of course there are still other ways to show malicious ads).
- compootr 2y agoI mean, Google is incentivized here to reduce friction on advertisers instead of protecting losses they wouldn't even incur from a malicious ad in other words, a malicious ad doesn't do much for them but actively increasing security is bad. yay capitalism