#SponsoredLinks

Mastokarl πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Mastokarl
2025-03-14

Today my wife asked me to help - she couldn't log into my ChatGPT account anymore. (of course it's my account, I'm the family geek).

Turns out she entered ChatGPT as google search term, and the first hit was not ChatGPT but a sponsored link to a ChatGPT lookalike.

This is exactly why I moved from google to Kagi for web searches. And never looked back. Google has turned from a good search engine to a poor money-making mess.

Marcus "MajorLinux" Summersmajorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com
2023-02-03

I try to make an effort not to click on Sponsored Links from the jump.

Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software arstechnica.com/information-te

#Google #Ads #SponsoredLinks #Malware #InfoSec #TechNews

A yellow-tinted window with ones and zeroes with a palm resting on it.
2023-01-20

Reflecting on a brief conversation about malicious sponsored links in #Google search results.
Though not 100% safe, this may reduce the risk quite a bit.
#CyberSecurity for #beginners #malicious #PandaSays #SponsoredLinks

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