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Re:Webpass by jacques_chester on Sunday March 06, 2016 @11:11AM (#11234205)
Oh drat, another competitor. I am losing track of who I am trying to beat.

Google Contributor, Kachingle, Webpass, Brave, Flattr, Blendle and I have probably overlooked a bunch. There's also a deadpool with Sprinkepenny, Contenture, Readability and -- again -- I've probably overlooked a few.

The core problem is preventing two classes of attack:

1. Visit multiplication by publishers, intended to over-represent them in the monthly scoring.

2. Money-laundering of stolen cards by using bots to sign up and visit an attacker-controlled site.

There is also the matter of preventing a publisher in the middle from tracking users by piggybacking on shared identifiers.

To my very great shame, I've spent too much of my time solving these problems rather than working on the business side of things.

Edit: at least it's another Australian :)

Re:Webpass by saward on Sunday March 06, 2016 @03:03PM (#11235301)
Australian, too? Would you be able to get in touch? There are contact details on our website.
Re:Webpass by robl97 on Sunday March 06, 2016 @12:27PM (#11234563)
Hey don't forget Optimal.com - Americans/South Africans!
Re:Webpass by jacques_chester on Sunday March 06, 2016 @12:48PM (#11234658)
It's one of those ideas which is about to seize the zeitgeist.

Apple and Google have, for different reasons, dramatically accelerated the timetable for microsubscriptions.