Spotify abused to promote pirated software and game cheats(www.bleepingcomputer.com)

posted 1 month ago

🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works

Spotify playlists and podcasts are being abused to push pirated software, game cheat codes, spam links, and “warez” sites.

By injecting targeted keywords and links in playlist names and podcast descriptions, threat actors may benefit from boosting SEO for their dubious online properties, since Spotify’s web player results appear in search engines like Google.

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Jarix@lemmy.world

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1 month ago

Imagine how much healthier things would be if ads were illegal and using them was punishable by having your business auctioned off and the proceeds going to free legal services for the bottom 50% of society

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