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Fraud Bots Cost Advertisers $6 Billion
Rambo Tribble writes A new report claims that almost a quarter of the "clicks" registered by digital advertisements are, in fact, from robots created by cyber crime networks to siphon off advertising dollars. The scale and sophistication of the attacks which were discovered caught the investigators by surprise. As one said, "What no one was anticipating is that the bots are extremely effective of looking like a high value consumer."
Maybe because "high value consumers" are usually bot-like drooling idiots.
Table-ized A.I.
The only ads I get that are truly targeted come AFTER I've bought something. I bought a freezer a few days ago. Now I get ads for fridges and freezers everywhere because I had looked up some reviews. Do these idiots really think I'm in the market for two freezers? Same thing happened with an engagement ring. I'm STILL getting targeted ads for jewelry even though they're almost a year late. I have made a point to visit a few high profile lingerie sites just so that my targeted ads for the next few months will feature scantily clad models. Just have to go to their homepage then close the tab.
You think you have it bad? I was looking for liquid latex to cover some electronics with a non-conductive and non-slippery surface.
You have NO idea what ads I had to endure when my adblock was out of order due to an update of the browser. The images ... THE IMAGES ...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.