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Re:GIMP: Targeted Attack via a Google Ad by missedthecue on Saturday October 29, 2022 @04:15PM (#33387573)
I would bet real money that a negligible amount of Google's bottom line is scam and malware distribution.
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Re:GIMP: Targeted Attack via a Google Ad by ocdtrekkie on Saturday October 29, 2022 @06:38PM (#33388668)
I am confident even Google fails to understand how much of their own business is scams and malware.
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Re:GIMP: Targeted Attack via a Google Ad by yazzku on Saturday October 29, 2022 @06:52PM (#33388767)
This is not merely rhetorical. Nvidia, for example, was caught hard during the first cryptocurrency bust... and the second.
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Re:GIMP: Targeted Attack via a Google Ad by kristianp on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:29AM (#33391087)
What's nvidia and crypto mining hardware got to do with Advertising scams? Mining isn't a scam in itself.
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Re:GIMP: Targeted Attack via a Google Ad by account42 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @05:12AM (#33433081)
Were they caught hard or did they have a relatively small oversupply after milking the demand for as long as possible?
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