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How long until Mom gets malware from them?
This is what i fear. How much curation and monitoring will be done on the ads, or this will be another vector for malicious application
How long until we get to the default "I don't get paid to ask questions" mentality of ad services.
I assumed it was "just" for apps in the Microsoft store. So they shouldn't get viruses, but that doesn't mean they aren't getting software that is garbage.
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