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by contravariant 3165 days ago
The only acceptable explanation would be that they weren't aware and didn't intend for this to happen.

Any other scenario means that they intentionally and secretly included code into their compiled binaries which posed a security and privacy risk.
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nerdponx 3165 days ago
I wonder about the nature of this scam. It almost looks like it's designed to spoof ad clicks, not direct the user to them.
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0xfeba 3165 days ago
Should contact the ad providers, they'd be happy to chargeback with proof of fraud.
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0xfeba 3165 days ago
From an earlier response in the same thread:

> These codes never worked on user machine. They were used for patching plugin bugs.

Uh huh. If it was such a benign use, why wasn't it in the repository, or mentioned in the marketplace page?

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