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Is this just click bait? I don't know the intricacies of Google's ad serving, but is this not just someone (e.g., an ads customer) slipping a request for camera and mic access into an ad script? But the title seems to suggest Google is doing something malicious here.

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Isn't Google supposed to vet whatever ads they send into the world?

I don't know if this looks any better if Google is negligent/incompetent instead of malicious.

They don't vet anything, anyone can execute any code on tpc.googlesyndicatio.com. See: https://blog.dubbelboer.com/2016/06/10/embed-into-tpc-google...

Why the _hell_ should a Google ads customer be able to "slip" in a request for camera and mic? That that is even possible is a large problem.

Allowing an ads customer to "just" slip a request for camera and mic access into an ad script is malicious.

Negligent, I wouldn't call it malicious but I would call it negligent.

The first time google served malicious JS on behalf of a customer was negligent. Maybe the second and third and fourth and fiftieth times too.

It's not 2003 anymore, we're far past negligence at this point.

You're right. Google would never compromise anyone to make some money. Never

Why does it matter whether Google did it or Google spread it around the world? It is equally repulsive behavior on their part.

> Is this just click bait?

It is not. It sounds like something that should have been taken care of by Google at least 10 years ago.

> But the title seems to suggest Google is doing something malicious here.

Aren’t they? They’re quite literally distributing malware.

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