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		kzrdude on Sept 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I lost €4k in a Facebook scam And why we have adblockers - because it's an as-if-unmoderated stream of invasive and untrustworthy links.

thrownaway954 on Sept 14, 2020 [–]

i don't get how an adblocker would have help in this case. the victim could easily be conned into downloading this app through a marketing email or some other way. the real issue is that an app like this is even allowed on the play store at all.

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