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I always wondered this. Many piracy sites have Adsense or some sort of ads. Can't Google just fingerprint which Adsense account is being used and find the perso

I always wondered this. Many piracy sites have Adsense or some sort of ads. Can't Google just fingerprint which Adsense account is being used and find the person getting paid?

hattmall 3y ago
There's an entire industry of buying established accounts set up with an unsuspecting person's identity. Idk about Adsense specifically, but you can get Amazon selling and the linked bank account with docs for like $1000.
- elorant 3y ago
  And how do you get paid? AdSense requires a bank account registered to the same name.
  - CryptoBanker 3y ago
    You buy the accompanying bank account
madars 3y ago
Yes. For example, Z-Library accepted Amazon gift card donations using an email linked to their identities: https://torrentfreak.com/how-google-and-amazon-helped-the-fbi-identify-z-librarys-operators-221117/ https://torrentfreak.com/how-google-and-amazon-helped-the-fb...
- alwayslikethis 3y ago
  This screams poor opsec to me. Accepting anything other than anonymized crypto (Monero, etc) is basically untenable in this era of mass surveillance. Going through a big tech company is a good way to get caught.
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    if you're the host. the end user can use gift cards just fine, and they're usually pretty fungible. am 100% okay moving the risk to the operation/operator