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How are they making money by draining batteries?
by myth17 8y ago
How are they making money by draining batteries?
- senectus1 8y agothe answer is in the Title of TFA: This Giant Ad Fraud Scheme Drained Users' Batteries And Data By Running Hidden Video Ads In Android Apps
- dang 8y agoThe originally submitted article didn't have that title (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459834).
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- TheIronMark 8y agoThe buzzfeed article goes into more detail, but the short answer is that the fraudsters buy a cheap banner ad in an app. They then resell that space for a higher fee, running a video that is hidden behind the banner ad. Because the video just keeps running, the brand whose ad it is ends up paying even more to the fraudsters.