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Re:Uncovering an advertising fraud scheme. Or "the Internet ... by trotsky on Thursday April 05, 2012 @09:27PM (#3805539)
Pretty interesting story, but definitely an example of giving away lock picks while selling better locks.
Re:Uncovering an advertising fraud scheme. Or "the Internet ... by thestranger on Thursday April 05, 2012 @09:47PM (#3805588)
What do you mean, he's not trying to sell us anything, is he?
Re:Uncovering an advertising fraud scheme. Or "the Internet ... by trotsky on Thursday April 05, 2012 @09:51PM (#3805596)
The author claims his company can detect this kind of click fraud (indeed, the whole article is about how they did) through proprietary methods. If you're an advertiser it's likely this behavior is about to become more common.