The least they could do is show subdomains, so that when you click on squarespace.com it doesn't take you to a virus. They will show https: but not subdomains? Excellent UI.
> If this how google chooses to go out, then their death cannot come fast enough.
> Alphabet (Google) reported historic financial results for fiscal year 2025 (ending Dec 31, 2025), with annual revenue surpassing $400 billion for the first time. The company showed strong profit growth, with Q4 2025 net income at $34.5 billion, a 30% increase year-over-year. Key growth drivers were AI integration, YouTube ads, and a surging Cloud segment.
PSA: Adblock is non optional for personal and enterprise security.
My gf told me they blocked all addons at work, including adblock. Told her to recommend to the IT department that adblock be mandatory on all computers. Ad networks make too much money not to look the other way on malvertising.
One of the things which really annoys me is the idea that it's every acceptable to blindly "curl -fsSL" bullshit .sh scripts.
Even large companies have adopted this crap and you don't know whether there's any digital signing going on or whether they're downright stealing anything you have of value.
It's not difficult to generate a rpm, deb, tgz and relevant detatched .asc PGP signature or if you hate PGP use openssh signatures or something.
My experience is very different. Even in a private window with no ad-blocker and Google signed out, Claude.ai is always at the top spot.
And yes, the ad was clearly malicious. I'd never click on ad-link, though (even if it was the official site).
Feels like the author is using Google for the first time? This has been a feature as long as the ads have.
You can literally find this exact same blog post from approximately 20 years ago. Absolutely nothing has changed since then!
Well, I lied. A lot has changed. Drive-by attacks are gone, largely thanks to Google. 15 years ago you would’ve been hacked immediately after you clicked the ad.
13 comments
> If this how google chooses to go out, then their death cannot come fast enough.
> Alphabet (Google) reported historic financial results for fiscal year 2025 (ending Dec 31, 2025), with annual revenue surpassing $400 billion for the first time. The company showed strong profit growth, with Q4 2025 net income at $34.5 billion, a 30% increase year-over-year. Key growth drivers were AI integration, YouTube ads, and a surging Cloud segment.
My gf told me they blocked all addons at work, including adblock. Told her to recommend to the IT department that adblock be mandatory on all computers. Ad networks make too much money not to look the other way on malvertising.
Even large companies have adopted this crap and you don't know whether there's any digital signing going on or whether they're downright stealing anything you have of value.
It's not difficult to generate a rpm, deb, tgz and relevant detatched .asc PGP signature or if you hate PGP use openssh signatures or something.
You can literally find this exact same blog post from approximately 20 years ago. Absolutely nothing has changed since then!
Well, I lied. A lot has changed. Drive-by attacks are gone, largely thanks to Google. 15 years ago you would’ve been hacked immediately after you clicked the ad.