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You're not clicking the button, you're sending a known fraudulent request saying the ad was clicked, when the ad was not clicked
by direwolf20 9mo ago
You're not clicking the button, you're sending a known fraudulent request saying the ad was clicked, when the ad was not clicked
- sharperguy 9mo agoI still wonder about that. I don't have a contract with the advertiser to provide genuine data back about what ads I've clicked and what I haven't. The website operator does have such a contract and so cannot hire a bot farm to spam click the ads. If it's something that's been held up in court already then of course I have to accept it, but I can't say the reason seems immediately intuitive.
- gruez 9mo ago>I don't have a contract with the advertiser to provide genuine data back about what ads I've clicked and what I haven't. Charges of fraud doesn't require a contract to be in place. That's the whole point of criminal law, it's so that you don't need to add a "don't screw me over" clause to every interaction you make.
- general1465 9mo agoHow is that a fraud, when I don't get any money from the scheme?
- gruez 9mo agoGaining something isn't required: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud#Civil_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud#Civil_fraud
- general1465 9mo agoBy this logic, vandalism would be fraud too.
- gruez 9mo agoVandalism involves making material misrepresentations?
- general1465 9mo agoDamaging property cost money to fix.
- direwolf20 9mo agoWhere's the misrepresentation?
- general1465 9mo agoWhere is the misrepresentation in clicking on links?
- direwolf20 9mo agoThere's a very general law that says something about using a computer to cause money to move
- dsr_ 9mo agoAn AI agent did it. Obviously I can't be expected to watch over all the things it does.