> but 1$ per year is not something a person in possession of a huge botnet couldn't afford to pay I don't think it's the $ amount that is important, its the ab

> but 1$ per year is not something a person in possession of a huge botnet couldn't afford to pay I don't think it's the $ amount that is important, its the ability to pay. If your bot net is pretending to be 10000 Americans, paying $1 each in a way that doesn't cause X's botnet alarm to start flagging your accounts - ie with different American credit cards - is a little harder.