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Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by NoDodgeQuestion »

jerf wrote: post #94
kevindamm wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having seen the abuse vectors that get thrown at this and similar products, I suspect it is less about whether they care and more about finding a suitable threshold for some arbitrary features, or moments of demand exceeding the available moderators. The repetitive 6 minutes make me suspect there are reports timing out in the moderator queue and the automod doesn't like images or something. Or, perhaps a part of the…

This is the key to the problem that I think people are missing, possibly because they kind of want to miss it. Google and the other companies hiding behind LLMs and primarily doing it because they can't operate at the scale they do, with the dedicated ecosystems to gaming them that they develop, without this hiding. They can't afford humans to review in a minute or two what scammers can generate in fractions of a sec…

simple, pay 1 dollar human review, if not scammer google refund, else google keep and pay for review

Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by spwa4 »

nostrademons wrote: post #138
Chris2048 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you might not have permission to use the data Isn't it fair use, like training data?

I think the issue is the ToU violation, not copyright.

Don't terms of use depend entirely on copyright to work? Without copyright ... why would you need to agree to terms of use to use the software/site/data?

And doesn't that mean that terms of use can never impose restrictions stricter than copyright?

Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by titularcomment »

rozab wrote: post #33
bede wrote: post #21

FYI https://race-term.com is blocked by NCSC's Protective DNS service using my UK University's connection. Are you sure your domain is not blacklisted somewhere?

Looking forward to the update where his vibe-coded site has been compromised and is being used as a C&C server

I recommend you read the authors' other two latest articles.

Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by skeptic_ai »

hermitcrab wrote: post #152

We are entering a Kafkaesque world where all powerful companies are the gatekeepers, but there is no chance to talk to a human to appeal their decisions. Your only hope is if a) you have an inside contact or b) you can create enough stink on social media.

We will soon use ChatGPT Astra to talk though shit to get out problem solved.

Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by carlosjobim »

WarmWash wrote: post #133
bogwog wrote: post #106

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> doesn't make business sense to put a lot of resources into cleaning up ads that pay google nothing If we lived in a sane world, Google would be held accountable for every scam they advertise. It doesn't matter if you think someone deserved to get scammed for using an ad blocker, because they never would have been scammed if Google didn't choose to put them in danger for the sake of profit. "But they can't possibly…

If we lived in a sane world, people would simply pay for what they use. Then we could avoid all this confusion, and google would have large (monetary) incentive to protect it's customers.

Google and Meta are entirely within their rights to make YouTube, Search, Facebook and Instagram into paid services for all users. Nobody is forcing them to advertise or to participate in criminal fraud with scam ads.

They are heading pretty steadfastly into multi billion dollar lawsuits the way they are going.

Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by tryauuum »

OptionX wrote: post #10

Google is the worst offender, but a lot of companies are increasingly hiding themselves behind a wall of automated systems to completely neuter users ability to challenge any decision unilaterally taken by the them. The LLM-age has worsen the situation but it started well before it. At some point it may be necessary to add the requirement for large companies to have a both human contact point and perhaps a requiremen…

The part where they block the customer support and then you can't do anything is so real

autistic retards at microsoft blocked my account on github and if I go to the customer support portal the only option I get there is to... reinstate my account. And I can't use it also, literally the POST is failing

There is no way to delete my github account in this situation. I've lost track of how long have they been holding my email and phone address hostage. For 6 months already? Damn microsoft people, just delete my account, or I'll advocate for building concentration camps for microsoft employees

Re: How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads

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Post by hermitcrab »

skeptic_ai wrote: post #156
hermitcrab wrote: post #152

We are entering a Kafkaesque world where all powerful companies are the gatekeepers, but there is no chance to talk to a human to appeal their decisions. Your only hope is if a) you have an inside contact or b) you can create enough stink on social media.

We will soon use ChatGPT Astra to talk though shit to get out problem solved.

Your faith is touching.
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