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Interesting! This seems pretty country-specific. In the US, "fake comments or likes – some with SEO-boosting links – or placing fake orders on e-commerce sites
by theamk 3y ago
Interesting! This seems pretty country-specific.
In the US, "fake comments or likes – some with SEO-boosting links – or placing fake orders on e-commerce sites." would normally be done using botnet'ed desktop PCs, no need for cell phones.
But Chinese criminals need all the cellphones, so I wonder why? Is this because mobile bot detection is easier to bypass than desktop bot detection? Or maybe desktop bots are so common that cellphone is required for lots of actions?
- Nextgrid 3y ago> I wonder why So much traffic has shifted to mobile that desktop traffic is inherently seen as more suspicious, so the spammers just adapted.
- alephnerd 3y ago> But Chinese criminals need all the cellphones, so I wonder why Chinese platforms within China require authentication and ID verification. In addition, all phones need to be linked with a user's ID. Furthermore, a number of platforms in China are locked behind apps and don't offer a PWA. This is a side effect of mobile phones being the primary computing device in China. That said, this level of KYC is fairly normal outside of North America and Western Europe.
- derelicta 3y agoIt's also fairly normal in many western countries. At least in Switzerland you can't officially register a new SIM without showing your ID first or calling a specific ID validation service.