Google Maps is filled with false business addresses pretending to be nearby

Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by tremon on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:22AM (#20242266)

This is a good idea, actually -- make it impossible to distinguish a banned request from a succesful request. At least that could delay the discovery period, as would randomizing the request limit.

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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by tlavoie on Saturday June 22, 2019 @01:43PM (#20250773)

I've wondered if a web server or proxy in something like Erlang would be ideal there, where there is little server-side penalty in dragging requests out progressively longer.

With the lightweight processes, the cost per should be very, very low, and basically make it easier to Turing tarpit the scammers.

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