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What kind of fraud does Google do?
by da02 8y ago
What kind of fraud does Google do?
- janesvilleseo 8y agoIt’s not that they do it. It’s that they allow it. Not outright, but they don’t go out of their way to suppress/stop it anymore more than anybody else.
- canadapups 8y agoWhen it comes to email spam or fake email accounts, Google not only allows it, they enable it. One scammer can setup thousands of gmail accounts and google doesn't blink an eye. Gmail also allows "scammer+1@gmail.com" and "scammer+2@gmail" to be the same account. I've reported obvious gmail abuse to Google through their channels, but nothing. Same scammer keeps coming back with new email accounts.
- lucasmullens 8y agoCan't spam detection check if it's the same email with a +1? Seems pretty straightforward. There's no scarcity in available email addresses. If your security depends on people not being able to register new emails, you've already lost.
- chipperyman573 8y ago>Gmail also allows "scammer+1@gmail.com" and "scammer+2@gmail" to be the same account. This is a well-documented feature that has many legitimate uses. If you're trying to stop fraud, clip any gmail addresses after the +. For example, I believe Facebook does this.
- canadapups 8y agoI do clip it. I have to do many other things too (spending time and money) to counteract scammers usage of google's services. Given google's ability to track people, they'd could do more against fraud, instead of letting scammers use their services freely (hence my comment of them enabling scammers).
- jlarocco 8y agoTagging email with + has been a feature of email forever, and has nothing to do with Google. Their service would be broken if they didn't support it.
- Eridrus 8y agoSo, you've basically outsourced your spam detection to Google, and you're here complaining that you have to do a few small things on your end?
- canadapups 8y agoNo, my point is Google allows and/or enables fraud and they could be doing more to fight it. Source: the article we are discussing, "How a Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Exploited Android Phones to Steal Millions". And my experience with scammers using Gmail.
- Donzo 8y agoI'm a small to medium sized publisher and I've had to travel through Google's compliance funnels more than I would have liked. I've never had any compliance issues with any other advertising network. Google works hard to keep the ecosystem healthy because it's good for their long-term interests. But of course, their systems are not perfect.
- doodliego 8y agoIf you're removing 700,000 apps a year from your store for violating your own policies, it's fair to say your system is not only not perfect, it's horribly broken.
- ariwilson 8y agoCompletely disagree. Could also mean they're doing a great job finding problematic apps.
- chillfox 8y agoAnother way to look at it is their submission process fails to catch problematic apps. Making it necessary to pull them from the store after they have been published.
- doodliego 8y agoThey have "only" 2.6 million apps (as of March 2018): https://www.statista.com/statistics/266210/number-of-available-applications-in-the-google-play-store/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/266210/number-of-availab... 37% fraud-rules breaking rate is pathetic. Maybe they should spend time vetting these things before allowing malware-infested spyware out into the "ecosystem."
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