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0 pointsnequo2y ago0 comments

I would be curious to learn more about Google News abuses too. It doesn’t sound completely far fetched. Google search is known to have served up malicious websites masquerading as legitimate ones. For example, here’s one that was disguised as gimp.org:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33384236

Unlikely that such an attack would make it far on HN though.

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kurthr2y ago

I think the concern on HN would be targeting to particular IPs or domains, more like spear phishing. Agree it wouldn't last long, but it only takes once.

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