The top ad when you Google 'amazon' is a scam

Re:The top ad when you Google 'amazon' is a scam by ocdtrekkie on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:09PM (#13468738)

This has been going on for a week, but the thing that hits the top of HN is that they updated Google Voice. Serious security issues need not apply to front page.

I've pinged a couple security experts directly, nobody's responded on the issue. I told a tech news site about it. Waiting for someone to recognize that Google Ads has a major security problem right now.

My submission from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13413399

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Re:The top ad when you Google 'amazon' is a scam by atxlurker on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:13PM (#13468752)

I agree with your take. This should absolutely be taken more seriously. At the very least this site is a scam site, and it seems possible that it is even more nefarious. Google ads are supposed to be very credible, unlike the Wild West of some ad networks.

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Re:The top ad when you Google 'amazon' is a scam by ocdtrekkie on Monday January 23, 2017 @11:16PM (#13468764)

I'd contest the claim that "Google ads are very credible", they ship a lot of malware. But the key point is that that green URL bar NEEDS to be accurate. If it says http://www.amazon.com in the green text next to the Ad marker, it absolutely had better go to amazon.com.

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