Ad Fraud Scheme Drained Users’ Batteries By Running Hidden Video Ads In Android

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Post by occamschainsaw » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 4:28 AM UTC

Ad Fraud Scheme Drained Users’ Batteries By Running Hidden Video Ads In Android
buzzfeednews.com

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Post by YeahSureWhyNot » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 4:42 AM UTC

I used to date a girl who had a Galaxy S8 from sprint and that phone had most ridiculous ads like online casino ads, everywhere, even on lock screen.

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Post by randomfinn » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 4:50 AM UTC

The link is blog spam, original article is at https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/in-banne...

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Post by zamalek » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 4:56 AM UTC

It's crazy that ads have reached through point where impressions-without-impressions are lucrative. If I was the type of scumbag to pay large amounts of money for data hungry ads, I'd be furious. But, they don't care? Are ads now just a sunk cost with no ROI analysis? Is it like a gym membership?

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Post by llukas » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 5:02 AM UTC

Another reason to cut all ads alike.

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Post by fxfan » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 5:09 AM UTC

randomfinn wrote: post #3

The link is blog spam, original article is at https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/in-banne...

The verge is not blogspam - its long form tabloid

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Post by drilldrive » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 5:15 AM UTC

zamalek wrote: post #4

It's crazy that ads have reached through point where impressions-without-impressions are lucrative. If I was the type of scumbag to pay large amounts of money for data hungry ads, I'd be furious. But, they don't care? Are ads now just a sunk cost with no ROI analysis? Is it like a gym membership?

I think that the issue here is little to no access to a more detailed portfolio of the ads ran on your platform, as you are generally going through a middle-man, which in this case is the scammer by selling to providers on their front than they are paying you for.

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Post by myth17 » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 5:15 AM UTC

How are they making money by draining batteries?

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Post by senectus1 » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 5:19 AM UTC

myth17 wrote: post #8

How are they making money by draining batteries?

the answer is in the Title of TFA: This Giant Ad Fraud Scheme Drained Users' Batteries And Data By Running Hidden Video Ads In Android Apps

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 5:20 AM UTC

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