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> Looks like it's 100% a valid tactic. It is valid and I’m sure quite effective but it isn’t perfect. You need to provide escape hatches for real people in all
by spookthesunset 5y ago
> Looks like it's 100% a valid tactic.
It is valid and I’m sure quite effective but it isn’t perfect. You need to provide escape hatches for real people in all anti-fraud systems you create. Even if those escape hatches sometimes let fraudsters through as well.
I’m not Google and I don’t know the kinds of fraud they attract (note: probably all kinds of fraud imaginable) nor do I know the level of effort those fraudsters are willing to put in (note: probably unimaginable amounts of effort)… but I do know that all anti-fraud work needs to allow ways for real people to escape. Your job in this space is to protect real users… and sometimes those real users inadvertently behave like fraudsters and get flagged. There has to be ways out.
- falcolas 5y ago> There has to be ways out. It seems like there is: appeal your case in a public forum (HN, Reddit) and hope you catch the attention of a sympathetic Googler with the political clout to get the case reviewed. But I can't imagine this will work forever. It certainly doesn't scale.