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Do you think they can't tell when a click is automated?
by xigoi 5y ago
Do you think they can't tell when a click is automated?
- Larrikin 5y agoGoogle banned it from the Chrome store while leaving other ad blockers up, so maybe they can't?
- malka 5y agoThis is the strongest sign that it actually hurt their bottom line
- ManlyBread 5y agoThis gets brought up every time Ad Nauseam is mentioned but I have yet to see a proof of concept.
- pmoriarty 5y agoI bet it could probably be done by doing statistical analysis or some AI technique to analyze one's browsing data, and maybe combining it with other information about you that they get from other sources (purchase history, social media participation, etc...). The problem for them is that even if it works this adds extra processing time, effort, and development time.. which can add up when aggregated over the many millions/billions of users they have. Much easier to just oppose effective ad blockers.
- xigoi 5y agoA proof of concept that a site can tell whether you clicked something automatically? reCAPTCHA.