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Caveat to my wasted effort comment: Your'e an e-commerce site that has a problem with people buying goods (especially virtual goods, ebooks, gift cards, etc)[1
by odammit 9y ago
Caveat to my wasted effort comment:
Your'e an e-commerce site that has a problem with people buying goods (especially virtual goods, ebooks, gift cards, etc)[1] with stolen credit cards. You need a solution.
The hardest thing I've ever had to crawl (as I mention in another comment in this thread) has been linkedin and Facebook. Why? Because I have to be logged in to get the data I want.
If you want to stop crawlers you can also put the good stuff behind auth, but you need a solid auth mechanism. You can't just do email verification because I'll use shit like https://www.mailinator.com https://www.mailinator.com to generate a ton of fake emails to sign up for your site.
[1] Why virtual goods? You can't stop shipping or track down the person once the card is reported stolen.
- littlestymaar 9y ago> [1] Why virtual goods? You can't stop shipping or track down the person once the card is reported stolen. In the meantime, virtual good are also zero-cost : when you sell a ebook and the transaction is cancelled by the bank, you didn't lose anything, it's not like the buyer was willing to pay anyway.
- odammit 9y agoUntil you see someone do it with buying gift cards. Those people are bastards. In that case using a service that helps detect fraudulent card usage is bueno.