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I am genuinly curious how they manage that. In a world where every user is followed I don't think the robots have a chance to fool the anti-fraud algorithms. A
by amenod 12y ago
I am genuinly curious how they manage that. In a world where every user is followed I don't think the robots have a chance to fool the anti-fraud algorithms. At least with the bigger players (Google, Facebook) they don't.
- onion2k 12y agoImagine a botnet has managed to get itself installed on Grandma's computer and is injecting 1 false ad impression for every 3 real impressions. The botnet can install things on the computer. You can't (if you're Google, assume Grandma isn't using Chrome). To stop the fraud you'd need to work out which of the 4 impressions is the fraudulent one. That's an incredibly difficult problem to solve...
- gergo_v 12y agoMost of these bots seem human by traditional tracking systems (Google, Facebook) because they posses the same browser cookies as the human user who's machine is infected.