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(the link is not paid for, nor does it go to, McAfee, it's malware)

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[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you use Gmail badly this it what happens.

I feel like this is more on the user than on the app. Haven't ever seen anything like this.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's the default Gmail layout, the one your average Joe who might seriously click on this would use.

If you remove your Promotions tab, it doesn't serve you ads.

[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly my point though.

If you're using the default settings for anything you're not going to have as good a time as spending a few minutes removing the crap.

It's the same whether it's Windows, Linux, Apple or whatever - the default is generally crap/annoying and you need to configure it.

[–] Fitzsimmons@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah no, applications need to be secure by default. Blaming the user does nothing to actually improve the security posture anywhere. The security posture of the app needs to be specifically designed with the least-skilled users in mind because they are also the most vulnerable to this type of problem. Google meanwhile is full of talented engineers who are experts at identifying and combatting this type of malware scam.

To look at it another way, what google is actually doing here is intentionally exposing their users to malware in order to take a cut in the form of advertising revenue.